Language
Ndengereko |
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Rufiji |
Native to | Tanzania |
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Region | Ruvuma |
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Ethnicity | Ndengereko |
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Native speakers | 72,000 (2013)[1] |
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:
ndg – Ndengereko
rui – Rufiji (duplicate code) |
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Glottolog | nden1248 |
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| P.11, P.12 [2] |
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Ndengereko, also known as Rufiji (Fiji, Ruihi) after the local river,[3] is a Bantu language of the Matumbi hills, near Kibiti, and near Mchukivi and Bungu, Tanzania.
References
- ^ Ndengereko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Rufiji (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Harald Hammarström (2013) Review of the Ethnologue, 16th Ed.
Languages of Tanzania
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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