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| Safwa |
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| Native to | Tanzania |
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| Ethnicity | Safwa people |
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Native speakers | (160,000 cited 1987)[1] |
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Language family | |
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| ISO 639-3 | sbk |
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| Glottolog | safw1238 |
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Guthrie code | M.25[2] |
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Safwa is a Bantu language spoken by the Safwa people of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. Dialects are Guruka, Mbwila, Poroto, Songwe.
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| Official languages | |
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Indigenous
languages | | Bantu | |
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| Cushitic | |
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| Nilotic |
- Datooga
- Kisankasa
- Kwavi
- Maasai
- Mediak
- Mosiro
- Ngasa
- Luo
- Ogiek
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| Isolates/unclassified |
- Hadza
- Sandawe
- Omaio
- "Serengeti-Dorobo"
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| Sign languages | |
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Narrow Bantu languages (by Guthrie classification) |
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| Zones C – D |
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| Zone C | | C10 | |
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| C20 | |
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| C30 |
- C31a Loi
- C31b Ngiri
- C31c Nunu
- C32 Bobangi
- C33 Sengele
- C34 Sakata
- C35a Ntomba
- C35b Bolia
- C36a Poto
- C36b Mpesa
- C36c Mbudza
- C36d Mangala
- C36e Boloki
- C36f Kangana
- C36g Ndolo
- C37 Buja
- [C301 Doko
- C302 Bolondo
- C311 Mabaale
- C312 Ndoobo
- C313 Litoka
- C314 Balobo
- C315 Enga
- C321 Binza
- C322 Dzamba
- C323 Mpama
- C371 Tembo
- C372 Kunda
- C373 Gbuta
- C374 Babale]
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| C40 | |
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| C50 | |
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| C60 |
- C61a Northeast Mongo
- C61b Northwest Mongo
- C62 Lalia
- [C63 Ngando
- C611 Bafoto]
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| C70 | |
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| C80 | |
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| Zone D | | D10 | |
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| D20 | |
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| D30 | |
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| [J]D40 |
- [J]D41 Konzo
- [J]D42 Ndandi
- [J]D43 Nyanga
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| [J]D50 |
- [J]D51 Hunde
- [J]D52 Haavu
- [J]D53 Nyabungu
- [J]D54 Bembe
- [J]D55 Buyi
- [J]D56 Kabwari
- [JD501 Nyindu
- [J]JD502 Yaka
- [J]JD531 Tembo]
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| [J]D60 |
- [J]D61 Ruanda
- [J]D62 Rundi
- [J]D63 Fuliiro
- [J]D64 Shubi
- [J]D65 Hangaza
- [J]D66 Ha
- [J]D67 Vinza
- [JD631 Vira]
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| Zone N | | N10 | |
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| N20 |
- N21 Tumbuka
- [N201 Mwera of Mbamba Bay]
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| N30 |
- N31a Nyanja
- N31b Cewa
- N31c Manganja
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| N40 |
- N41 Nsenga
- N42 Kunda
- N43 Nyungwe
- N44 Sena
- N45[44] Rue
- N46[44] Podzo
- [N441 Sena-Malawi]
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| Zone P | | P10 | |
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| P20 |
- P21 Yao
- P22 Mwera
- P23 Makonde
- P24 Ndonde
- P25 Mabiha
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| P30 |
- P31 Makua
- P32 Lomwe
- P33 Ngulu
- P34 Cuabo
- [P311 Koti
- P312 Sakati
- P331 Lomwe of Malawi
- P341 Moniga]
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| Zone R | | R10 | |
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| R20 |
- R21 Kwanyama
- R22 Ndonga
- R23 Kwambi
- R24 Ngandyera
- [R211 Kafima
- R212 Evale
- R213 Mbandja
- R214 Mbalanhu
- R215 Ndongwena
- R216 Kwankwa
- R217 Dombondola
- R218 Esinga
- R241 Kwaluudhi
- R242 Kolonkadhi-Eunda]
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| R30 |
- R31 Herero
- [R311 North-West Herero
- R312 Botswana Herero]
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| R40 | |
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| Zone S | | S10 |
- S11 Korekore
- S12 Zezuru
- S13a Manyika
- S13b Tebe
- S14 Karanga
- S15 Ndau
- S16 Kalanga
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| S20 | |
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| S30 |
- S31a Tswana
- S31b Kgatla
- S31c Ngwatu
- S31d[311] Khalaxadi
- S32a Pedi
- S32b Lobedu
- S33 Sotho
- [S301 Phalaborwa
- S302 Kutswe
- S303 Pai
- S304 Pulana]
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| S40 | |
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| S50 |
- S51 Tswa
- S52[53] Gwamba
- S53 Tsonga
- S54 Ronga
- [S511 Hlengwe]
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| S60 |
- S61 Copi
- S62 Tonga
- [S611 Lenge]
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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