Pangwa language
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Pangwa | |
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Ekipangwa | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | 95,000 (2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pbr |
Glottolog | pang1287 |
G.64 [2] | |
Linguasphere | 99-AUS-uc |
The Pangwa are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in the Kipengere Range on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in the Ludewa District of Njombe Region in southern Tanzania. In 2002 the Pangwa population was estimated to number 95,000 [1]. The Pangwa language is a member of the Bantu family.
Alternate names for Pangwa are Ekipangwa and Kipangwa.
See also
References
- ^ Pangwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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