Pangwa language explained

Pangwa
Nativename:Ekipangwa
States:Tanzania
Speakers:95,000
Date:2002
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:Kisi-Pangwa
Iso3:pbr
Glotto:pang1287
Glottorefname:Pangwa
Lingua:99-AUS-uc
Guthrie:G.64

The Pangwa are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in the Kipengere Range on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in the Ludewa District of Njombe Region in southern Tanzania. In 2002 the Pangwa population was estimated to number 95,000 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pbr. The Pangwa language is a member of the Bantu family.

Alternate names for Pangwa are Ekipangwa and Kipangwa.

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