Nyambo | |
Nativename: | Orunyambo |
States: | Tanzania |
Region: | Kagera Region |
Districts: | Karagwe and Kyerwa |
Speakers: | 400,000 |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
Fam5: | Bantoid |
Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam7: | Bantu |
Fam8: | Northeast Bantu |
Fam9: | Great Lakes Bantu |
Fam10: | West Nyanza |
Fam11: | Rutara |
Fam12: | South Rutara |
Iso3: | now |
Glotto: | nyam1277 |
Glottorefname: | Nyambo |
Guthrie: | JE.21 |
The Nyambo, or Ragwe, are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in the Karagwe and Kyerwa Districts of Kagera Region in far northwestern Tanzania. The Nyambo population is estimated to number 670,000. Their boardering tribes are the Haya and Hangaza in Tanzania, Nyankole in Uganda and Rwanda with some similarities in their languages and a lot of differencies.[1]