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Name:
Nyamwezi
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kinyamwezi; Kinyamwesi; Nyamwesi; Namwezi
Spoken in:
Tanzania
Number of speakers:
980,000 (2006). 73% are in the traditional area
(Ethnologue)
Code:
nym
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Sukuma-Nyamwezi (F.20) (suny)
Child Dialects:
Mweri; Sumbwa; Konongo; Kiya (nym-mwe)
Takama; Garaganza (nym-tak)
Nyanyembe (nym-nya)
Map of Nyamwezi
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