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

Vidunda

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3vid

Population  32,000 (1987).
Region  East central, south of Mikumi town, Kidodi mountains west, west of Kutu Morogoro region, east of Hehe [heh].
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 87
Alternate names   Chividunda, Kividunda, Ndunda
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Zigula-Zaramo (G.30)
Language use  Vigorous. Some also use Swahili [swh].
Comments  Matrilineal. Animal husbandry: goats, sheep, poultry, few cattle; hunters; fishermen; agriculturalists: dry rice, maize, millet, beans, bananas, peas, sugarcane, cassava, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, tobacco, cotton, vegetables, fruit. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.