Nyamwezi language

Nyamwezi
Region Tanzania
Ethnicity Nyamwezi
Native speakers
 1.0 million  (2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-2 nym
ISO 639-3 Either:
nym – Nyamwezi
kcz – Konongo
Glottolog nyam1276  (Nyamwezi)[2]
kono1265  (Konongo)[3]
F.22[4]

Nyamwezi is a major Bantu language of central Tanzania. It forms a dialect continuum with Sukuma, but is more distinct from other neighboring languages.

References

  1. ↑ Nyamwezi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Konongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nyamwezi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Konongo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online