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Matengo language

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Bantu language spoken in Tanzania

Matengo
Chimatengo
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Matengo people
Native speakers	(150,000 cited 1987)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Rufiji–Ruvuma Mbinga Ruhuhu (South) Matengo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mgv`
Glottolog	`mate1258`
Guthrie code	`N.13`^[2]
Linguasphere	99-AUS-rc

Matengo is aBantu language ofTanzania. Speakers are mostly monolingual, and neighboring languages are not intelligible.

Matengo language is relatively related to Ngoni language in that the two have similar history of origin.

Official languages

Indigenous
languages

Bena–Kinga	Bena Hehe Kinga Kisi Manda Pangwa Sangu Vwanji
Chaga	Central Kilimanjaro Mochi Gweno Rombo Rusa West Kilimanjaro
Great Lakes	Ha Hangaza Ikizu Ikoma Jita Kabwa Kara Kerewe Kuria Kwaya Ngoreme Nyambo Suba-Simbiti Sumbwa Vinza Zanaki Zinza
Kikuyu–Kamba	Sonjo
Northeast Coast	Digo Doe Gogo Kagulu Kami Kutu Kwere Luguru Ngulu Sagara Shambala Vidunda Zaramo
Takama	Holoholo Iramba Isanzu Kimbu Nyamwezi Sukuma Turu

Other Bantu

Isolates/unclassified

Sign languages

Zone N

N10	N11Manda N12Ngoni N13Matengo N14Mpoto N15Tonga [N101Ndendeule N102Nindi N121Ngoni of Malawi
N20	N21Tumbuka [N201Mwera of Mbamba Bay
N30	N31aNyanja N31bCewa N31cManganja
N40	N41Nsenga N42Kunda N43Nyungwe N44Sena N45[44]Rue N46[44]Podzo [N441Sena-Malawi

Zone P

P10	P11Ndengereko P12Ruihi P13Matumbi P14Ngindo P15Mbunga
P20	P21Yao P22Mwera P23Makonde P24Ndonde P25Mabiha
P30	P31Makua P32Lomwe P33Ngulu P34Cuabo [P311Koti P312Sakati P331Lomwe of Malawi P341Moniga

Zone R

R10	R11Umbundu R12Ndombe R13Nyaneka R14Khumbi [R101Kuvale R102Kwisi R103Mbali
R20	R21Kwanyama R22Ndonga R23Kwambi R24Ngandyera [R211Kafima R212Evale R213Mbandja R214Mbalanhu R215Ndongwena R216Kwankwa R217Dombondola R218Esinga R241Kwaluudhi R242Kolonkadhi-Eunda
R30	R31Herero [R311North-West Herero R312Botswana Herero
R40	R41Yei

Zone S

S10	S11Korekore S12Zezuru S13aManyika S13bTebe S14Karanga S15Ndau S16Kalanga
S20	S21Venda
S30	S31aTswana S31bKgatla S31cNgwatu S31d[311]Khalaxadi S32aPedi S32bLobedu S33Sotho [S301Phalaborwa S302Kutswe S303Pai S304Pulana
S40	S41Xhosa S42Zulu S43Swati S44(Northern) Ndebele [S401Old Mfengu S402Bhaca S403Hlubi S404Phuthi S405Nhlangwini S406Lala S407South Ndebele S408Sumayela Ndebele
S50	S51Tswa S52[53]Gwamba S53Tsonga S54Ronga [S511Hlengwe
S60	S61Copi S62Tonga [S611Lenge

TheGuthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.

Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates: Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B); Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D); Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H); Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M); Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)

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