Ngoni language

Ngoni
Songea
Chingoni, Xingoni
Native to	Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
Ethnicity	Ngoni
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Southern Tanzanian Highlands Bantu Manda-Ngoni Ngoni
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: xnj  – Tanzanian Ngoni xnq  – Mozambican Ngoni
Glottolog	ngon1269
Guthrie code	N.12 [1]

Ngoni is a dead Bantu language of Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. Since the Ngoni men who fled from South Africa were only men with no women, when they arrived in Malawi, they married different tribes. Children born from these mothers adopted their mother language than their fathers'. As of 2025, there are no Ngoni speakers in Malawi and Zambia, as even Ngoni chieves speak other languages such as Chitumbuka and Chichewa, but on Ngoni traditional ceremonies.

References

1. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online