Tongwe

Tongwe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania, by about 31.6 thousand people.

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Tongwe · 6.4°S 30.1°E

Tongwe (Sitongwe) and Bende (Sibende) constitute a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language.

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Nearby languages

Bende Pimbwe Vinza Taabwa Buyu Rungwa Fipa Bwile Holoholo Konongo-Ruwila

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