Nyambo language

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Name (Latin)
Nyambo language
Other forms of name
Ekinyambo language
Karagwe language
Kinyambo language
Ragwe language
Rukaragwe language
Runyambo language
Ururagwe language
See Also From tracing topical name
Bantu languages
See Also From tracing place name
Tanzania
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q4967930
Library of congress: sh 92004202
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Bickmore, L. Kinyambo prosody, 1989.
  • Bryan, M. Bantu lang. of Africa, 1959:pp. 105, 107 (Nyambo (ru-); Karagwe (ru-1))
  • Ethnologue:p. 324 (Nyambo, Ekinyambo, Karagwe, Rukaragwe, Ururagwe, Ragwe, Runyambo)
  • Fivaz, D. African langs., 1977:p. 56 (ekiNyambo, ruNyambo, kaRagwe, uruRagwe)
  • Guthrie, N. Class. of the Bantu langs., 1948:p. 42.
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 63 (eki-Nyambo, Runyambo; lists as dialect ru-Karagwe, Ururagwe)
Wikipedia description:

The Nyambo, or Ragwe, are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in the Karagwe and Kyerwa Districts of Kagera Region in far northwestern Tanzania. The Nyambo population is estimated to number 670,000. Their boardering tribes are the Haya and Hangaza in Tanzania, Nyankole in Uganda and Rwanda with some similarities in their languages and a lot of differencies.

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