Matengo language
Bantu language spoken in Tanzania
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Matengo is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Speakers are mostly monolingual, and neighboring languages are not intelligible.
NativetoTanzania
EthnicityMatengo people
Native speakers
(150,000 cited 1987)[1]Niger–Congo?
-
Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
- Bantoid
- Bantu
- Rufiji–Ruvuma
- Mbinga
- Ruhuhu (South)
- Matengo
- Ruhuhu (South)
- Mbinga
- Rufiji–Ruvuma
- Bantu
- Bantoid
- Benue–Congo
| Matengo | |
|---|---|
| Chimatengo | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Matengo people |
Native speakers | (150,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgv |
| Glottolog | mate1258 |
N.13[2] | |
| Linguasphere | 99-AUS-rc |
Matengo language is relatively related to Ngoni language in that the two have similar history of origin.
Phonology
The phonological inventry in Matengo contains 24 consonants and 7 vowels.
Vowels
Matengo has a seven-vowel system, and each vowel has a phonemic length contrast.
Consonants
Further reading
- Yoneda Nobuko (2026) "マテンゴ語 (Matengo Language)". Tokyo: Kurosio Publishers. ISBN 978-4-8011-1035-9
