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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Tanzania > Matengo

Matengo

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3mgv

Population  150,000 (1987).
Region  Ruvuma region, southwest, east of Lake Malawi. Possibly in Malawi.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 106
Alternate names   Chimatengo, Kimatengo
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, N, Manda (N.10)
Language use  Little comprehension of other languages.
Language development  Grammar.