Tongwe | |
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Bende | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | 40,000 (1999–2001)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:tny – Tongwebdp – Bende |
Glottolog | tong1320 Tongwebend1258 Bende |
F.10 (F.11–12) [2] | |
ELP | Bende |
Tongwe (Sitongwe) and Bende (Sibende) constitute a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),[3] they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language.
References
- ↑ Tongwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Bende at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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