Tongwe | |
---|---|
Bende | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1999–2001) [1] |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
tny – Tongwe
bdp – Bende |
Glottolog |
tong1320 Tongwe
bend1258 Bende |
F.10 (F.11–12)
[2] | |
ELP | Bende |
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 |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
tny – Tongwe
bdp – Bende |
Glottolog |
tong1320 Tongwe
bend1258 Bende |
F.10 (F.11–12)
[2] | |
ELP | Bende |
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.