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

Rungwa

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3rnw

Population  18,000 (1987).
Region  Rukwa region, Mpanda District, north Lake Rukwa plains.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 68
Alternate names   Ichirungwa, Icilungwa, Lungwa, Runga
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, F, Tongwe (F.10)
Language use  Some also use Swahili [swh].
Comments  Agriculturalists: millet, maize, cassava, sesame seed, peanuts; animal husbandry: goats, sheep, poultry. Traditional religion.