Vidunda language

Bantu language of Tanzania
Vidunda
Native toTanzania
Native speakers
(32,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3vid
Glottologvidu1238
G.38[2]
ELPVidunda

Vidunda (Chividunda) is a Bantu language spoken along the north bank of the Ruaha River in Tanzania. It belongs to the Ruvu branch of Northeast Coast Bantu.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vidunda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Derek Nurse, 2003, The Bantu Languages
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