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Nyambo
Orunyambo
Native to Tanzania
Region Kagera Region
Native speakers
400,000 (2003) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 now
Glottolog nyam1277
JE.21 [2]

The Nyambo, or Ragwe, are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in the Karagwe District of Kagera Region in far northwestern Tanzania. The Nyambo population is estimated to number 670,000. Their closest relatives are the Haya people. [3]

References

  1. ^ Nyambo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Tanzania".
  • Josephat M. Rugemalira (2005). A Grammar of Runyambo. Languages of Tanzania Project. ISBN  9987-691-03-X.