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

Mwera

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3mjh

Population  6,000 (2004).
Region  Southwest Tanzania, Ruvuma region, Mbinga District, Mbamba Bay, Lake Nyasa shore.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 107
Alternate names   Kinyasa, Nyanza, Nyasa
Dialects  Similar to Mwera [mwe] in the Lindi region, but not the same. Also reportedly similar to Nyanja (N.30) languages.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Yao (P.20)