Pangwa
A language of Tanzania
| Population | 95,000 (2002). |
| Region | Iringa region, Ludewa District; Livingstone mountains, Lake Nyasa east shore. |
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Tanzania, reference number 102 |
| Alternate names | Ekipangwa, Kipangwa |
| Dialects | Kimwela. Kimwela is spoken with a distinctly different accent and the people consider themselves a separate ethnic group, but is completely intelligible with Pangwa. Reportedly high Pangwa intelligibility with Bena [bez] not demonstrated by preliminary intelligibility testing. Lexical similarity: 71% with Bena [bez], 62% with Kisi [kiz], 61% with Kinga [zga], 59% with Hehe [heh], 58% with Sangu [sbp], 55% with Vwanji [wbi]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Bena-Kinga (G.60) |
| Language use | Vigorous. Used in low domains and often to discuss high domains. Swahili [swh] used in high domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Use little Swahili. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: corn, beans, peas, coffee, tea, wheat, pyrethrum; animal husbandry. Christian, traditional religion. |
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