Nyambo language

Nyambo
Orunyambo
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Kagera Region
Native speakers	400,000 (2003) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara South Rutara Nyambo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	now
Glottolog	nyam1277
Guthrie code	JE.21 [2]

The Nyambo, or Ragwe, are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in the Karagwe District of Kagera Region in far northwestern Tanzania. The Nyambo population is estimated to number 670,000. Their closest relatives are the Haya people. ^[3]

References

1. Nyambo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
3. "Tanzania".

• Josephat M. Rugemalira (2005). A Grammar of Runyambo. Languages of Tanzania Project. ISBN   9987-691-03-X.