Tongwe language
| Tongwe | |
|---|---|
| Bende | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
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Native speakers
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40,000 (1999–2001) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: tny – Tongwe bdp – Bende |
| Glottolog |
tong1320 (Tongwe)bend1258 (Bende)
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F.10 (F.11–12) |
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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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