Tongwe–Bende language
Bantu languages of Tanzania
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Tongwe (Sitongwe) and Bende (Sibende) constitute a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),[3] they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language.
| Tongwe–Bende | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1999–2001)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:tny – Tongwebdp – Bende |
| Glottolog | tong1320 Tongwebend1258 Bende |
F.10 (F.11–12)[2] | |
| ELP | Bende |
