Konongo_language References

Konongo–Ruwila
Konongo–Ruwila
Region	Tanzania
Native speakers	(51,000 Konongo cited 1987); 5,600 Ruwila (2012)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Sukuma-Nyamwezi Nyamwezic Konongo–Ruwila; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Konongo; Ruwila;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; kcz – Konongo; rwl – Ruwila
Glottolog	kono1265

Konongo and Ruwila (or Rwira) constitute a Bantu language of central Tanzania that is closely related to Nyamwezi – close enough to sometimes be counted as a dialect of Nyamwezi. Ruwila was until recently quite poorly attested.

References

^ ^a ^b Konongo at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
Ruwila at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)

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[e24-1] Konongo at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
Ruwila at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)

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