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

Mbunga

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3mgy

Population  29,000 (1987).
Region  South central, southeast of Hehe [heh], north of Pogolo [poy].
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 86
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 69% with Ndamba [ndj], 57% with Pogolo.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Matumbi (P.10)
Comments  There may be 2 varieties called ‘Mbunga’, one Bantu P.10, and one Bantu G.50.