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Pimbwe language

The Pimbwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Rukwa Region of western Tanzania, in the neighbourhood of Mpimbwe to the northwest of Lake Rukwa

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Pimbwe
Cipimbwe, Icipimbwe
Native toTanzania
Native speakers
(29,000 cited 1987)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3piw
Glottologpimb1238
M.112
ELPPimbwe

The Pimbwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Rukwa Region of western Tanzania, in the neighbourhood of Mpimbwe to the northwest of Lake Rukwa3

References

References

  1. Pimbwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Margaret Arminel Bryan, The Bantu Languages of Africa Oxford University Press 1959.