Atlantic-Congo · East Africa

Nyamwezi

Not endangered

Nyamwezi is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3nym
Glottocodenyam1276

Spoken in Tanzania

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Nyamwezi.

  1. Kimbu

    Threatened
    Wordlist or less

  2. Konongo-Ruwila

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

  3. Sukuma

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Sumbwa

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  5. Asu (Tanzania)

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  6. Bena (Tanzania)

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Bende

    Shifting
    Long grammar

  8. Bondei

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

Reference data for Nyamwezi from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)