Ngoni language

Ngoni language
Ngoni
Chingoni
Spoken in Tanzania, Mozambique
Ethnicity some Ngoni people
Native speakers 170,000 in Tanzania  (no date)
53,000 in Mozambique (2006)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ngo

Ngoni is a Bantu language of Tanzania and Mozambique. It is one of several languages of the Ngoni people, who descend from the Nguni people of southern Africa. Despite its name, it is not descended from an Nguni language, but only retains the name. Generally any language spoken by the Ngoni may be called "Ngoni": The Ngoni of Malawi, for instance, is Chewa, and other Ngoni speak Tumbuka or Nsenga.


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