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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 <ref>Margaret Arminel Bryan, ''The Bantu Languages of Africa'' Oxford University Press 1959.</ref> In 1987 the Pimbwe population was estimated to number 29,000 [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=piw]. The language has been grouped with Rungwa, Fipa, Rungu and Mambwe in the same region <ref>M.A.Bryan, as above.</ref>
The '''Pimbwe''' are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the [[Rukwa Region]] of western [[Tanzania]], in the neighbourhood of [[Mpimbwe District|Mpimbwe]] to the northwest of [[Lake Rukwa]]<ref>Margaret Arminel Bryan, ''The Bantu Languages of Africa'' Oxford University Press 1959.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 04:16, 5 March 2024

Pimbwe
Cipimbwe, Icipimbwe
Native toTanzania
Native speakers
(29,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3piw
Glottologpimb1238
M.11[2]
ELPPimbwe

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]

References

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  1. ^ Pimbwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Margaret Arminel Bryan, The Bantu Languages of Africa Oxford University Press 1959.


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