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

Pimbwe

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3piw

Population  29,000 (1987).
Region  Rukwa region, Mpanda District. Rift Valley to northwest of Lake Rukwa.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 28
Alternate names   Cipimbwe, Ichipimbwe, Kipimbwe
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, F, Tongwe (F.10)
Language use  Also use some Swahili [swh].
Comments  Agriculturalists: millet, maize, sorghum, cassava, beans, peanuts; animal husbandry: goats, poultry. Christian, traditional religion.