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

Matumbi

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3mgw

Population  72,000 (1978 MARC).
Region  Lindi region, Ruvuma banks, near Makonde [kde] and Makhuwa [vmw] (Polomé and Hill 1980).
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 96
Alternate names   Kimatumbi
Dialects  Kuchi.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Matumbi (P.10)
Language use  Little comprehension of Swahili [swh] or other languages.
Comments  Muslim, traditional religion, Christian.