Ndendeule language

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Ndendeule
Native to Tanzania
Region Ruvuma
Ethnicity Ndendeule (ethnically Ngoni)
Native speakers
140,000 (2009) [1]
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.

Related Research Articles

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.

References

  1. Ndendeule at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online