Nyamwezi_language

Nyamwezi
Nyamwezi
Region	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Nyamwezi
Native speakers	(1.5 million cited 1987–2016)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Sukuma-Nyamwezi Nyamwezic Nyamwezi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	nym
ISO 639-3	nym
Glottolog	nyam1276
Guthrie code	F.22

Nyamwezi language

Bantu language spoken in Tanzania

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

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Konongo and Ruwila are sometimes considered dialects.

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[e22-1] [1]
Nyamwezi at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)

[Guthrie-2] [2]
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] [3]
Maganga, Clement; Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1992). Kinyamwezi: Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe. pp. 15–53.

[4] [4]
"Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Kinyamwezi (Nyamwezi)". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. United Nations Development Programme, Tanzania. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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		Bilabial	Labio- dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	plain	p b		t d		ɟ	k ɡ
Plosive	prenasal	ᵐb		ⁿd		ᶮɟ	ᵑɡ
Affricate	plain				c͡ʃ
Affricate	prenasal				ᶮc͡ʃ
Fricative	plain	β	f v	s z	ʃ			h
Fricative	prenasal		ᶬf ᶬv	ⁿs ⁿz	ᶮʃ
Nasal		m̥ m		n̥ n		ɲ̊ ɲ	ŋ̊ ŋ
Approximant				l		j	w

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
High	ɪ ɪː		ʊ ʊː
Mid	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Low		a aː

Nyamwezi_language

Nyamwezi language

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