Matengo language

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Matengo
Chimatengo
Native to Tanzania
Ethnicity Matengo people
Native speakers
(150,000 cited 1987) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mgv
Glottolog mate1258
N.13 [2]
Linguasphere 99-AUS-rc

Matengo is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Speakers are mostly monolingual, and neighboring languages are not intelligible.

Matengo language is relatively related to Ngoni language in that the two have similar history of origin.

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References

  1. Matengo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online