Safwa
A language of Tanzania
| Population | 158,000 (1987). |
| Region | Mbeya region, Mbeya Urban, Mbeya Rural, Chunya, and Mbozi districts, Mbeya and Poroto mountain ranges. |
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Tanzania, reference number 81 |
| Alternate names | Cisafwa, Ishisafwa, Kisafwa |
| Dialects | Guruka, Mbwila, Poroto, Songwe. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyika-Safwa (M.20) |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home. All ages. Also use some Swahili [swh]. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: maize, rice, sunflowers, cassava, wheat, and peas. Cash crops include cotton, potatoes, and coffee; animal husbandry: goats, sheep, and cows. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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