Ndendeule | |
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Native to | Tanzania |
Region | Ruvuma |
Ethnicity | Ndendeule (ethnically Ngoni) |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2009) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dne |
Glottolog | nden1249 |
N.101 [2] | |
Linguasphere | 99-AUS-rf |
Ndendeule is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Speakers are mostly monolingual.
The Ndendeule are ethnic Ngoni in Ruvuma Region, Tanzania, who speak the Ndendeule language. In 2000 the Ndendeule population was estimated to number 100,000.
The Rufiji–Ruvuma languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Gloria Waite (1979) and subsequent researchers: N10, P10, P20.
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