Ethnicity some Ngoni people Glottolog ngon1269 | ISO 639-3 ngo | |
Native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi Native speakers (170,000 in Tanzania cited 1987)
53,000 in Mozambique (2006) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Nguni
Ngoni | ||
Ngoni is a Bantu language of Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi. It is one of several languages of the Ngoni people, who descend from the Nguni people of southern Africa, and the language is a member of the Nguni subgroup, with the variety spoken in Malawi sometimes referred to as a dialect of Zulu. Other languages spoken by the Ngoni may also be referred to as "Chingoni": many Ngoni in Malawi, for instance, speak Chewa, and other Ngoni speak Tumbuka or Nsenga.
References
Ngoni language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA