Pimbwe language

Pimbwe
Pimbwe
Cipimbwe, Icipimbwe
Native to	Tanzania
Native speakers	(29,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Rukwa Mbozi Mwika North Pimbwe; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	piw
Glottolog	pimb1238
Guthrie code	M.11
ELP	Pimbwe

The Pimbwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Rukwa Region of western Tanzania, in the neighbourhood of Mpimbwe to the northwest of Lake Rukwa^[3]

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[e18-1] [1]
Pimbwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] [2]
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] [3]
Margaret Arminel Bryan, The Bantu Languages of Africa Oxford University Press 1959.

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Pimbwe language

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Pimbwe
Cipimbwe, Icipimbwe
Native to	Tanzania
Native speakers	(29,000 cited 1987)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Rukwa Mbozi Mwika North Pimbwe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`piw`
Glottolog	`pimb1238`
Guthrie code	`M.11`^[2]
ELP	Pimbwe