Manda language (Tanzania)

Manda language (Tanzania)
Manda
Spoken in Tanzania
Ethnicity Manda
Native speakers 22,000  (2002)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
Dialects
Matumba
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mgs

Manda, or Manda-Matumba, is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It was assigned to the Bena–Kinga (G60) group by Nurse (1988), though Ehret retains it in N10 Rufiji–Ruvuma (Songea).



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