Ndengereko language explained

Ndengereko
Nativename:Rufiji
States:Tanzania
Region:Ruvuma
Ethnicity:Ndengereko
Speakers:72,000
Date:2013
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Rufiji–Ruvuma
Fam7:Mbinga
Fam8:Matandu
Lc1:ndg
Ld1:Ndengereko
Lc2:rui
Ld2:Rufiji (duplicate code)
Guthrie:P.11, P.12
Glotto:nden1248
Glottorefname:Ndengereko

Ndengereko, also known as Rufiji (Fiji, Ruihi) after the local river,[1] is a Bantu language of the Matumbi hills, near Kibiti, and near Mchukivi and Bungu, Tanzania.

Notes and References

  1. Harald Hammarström (2013) Review of the Ethnologue, 16th Ed.