• Sumbwa (or Sisumbwa/Lusumbwa) is an Eastern Bantu language, classified as F.23 by Malcolm Guthrie (1948). According to this classification, the language...
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  • rapidly spreading as far east as Kenya. The languages are, according to Bastin, Coupez, & Mann (1999), with Sumbwa added per Nurse (2003): Gungu (E10) Bwari...
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  • Zambia: Texts in six African languages and in English, Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 3, 2014. Nyambe Sumbwa, Zambian Proverbs, Lubuto...
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    Ha people (category CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no))
    groups in ethnically diverse Tanzania. Their language is a Bantu language, and is called the Ha language, also called Kiha, Ikiha or Giha. It is closely...
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    elsewhere. Sukuma and members of other groups, such as the Tutsi and the Sumbwa, are often found in Nyamwezi villages, but Sukuma villages are ethnically...
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    languages ?Isanzu Much of F20 and F30, including the major language Sukuma, have been reclassified as Northeast Bantu, with Bungu to Rukwa and Sumbwa...
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    languages as interpreted by Harald Hammarström, and following the Guthrie classification. Bantu languages Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Classification...
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    conflicts, a fact attributed to the unifying influence of the Swahili language. The ethnic groups mentioned here are mostly differentiated based on ethnolinguistic...
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  • South Africa and found "on the Zambezi, at Delagoa Bay and among the Ba-Sumbwa". He also notices that the hare replaces the jackal as the cunning character...
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    Mwanza Region (category CS1 Swahili-language sources (sw))
    commonly found in Mwanza, mostly in ports and cities, are the Haya, Nyamwezi, Sumbwa, Kuria, Luo, Jita, and Shashi. In 2022 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics...
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    Mwanza (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    groups in the region, in much smaller proportions, include the Zinza, Haya, Sumbwa, Nyamwezi, Luo, Kurya, Jita, Shashi and Kerewe. They live mainly in the...
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    Shinyanga Region (category CS1 Swahili-language sources (sw))
    the dominant ethnic group. Other ethnic groups include the Nyamwezi and Sumbwa, who are primarily located in the areas of western Kahama District. In eastern...
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  • This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with S. Index | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u |...
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    themselves as Wanyamwezi to outsiders: Kimbu, Konongo, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, and Sumbwa, who were never united. All groups normally merged have broadly similar...
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    Geita Region (category CS1 Swahili-language sources (sw))
    peoples for thousands of years. The majority of the people are Basukuma and Sumbwa. There are additionally many Haya, Zinza, and Nyamwezi in the region. The...
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  • Hans Cory (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Use in Puberty Rites in Tanganyika. Faber & Faber. Cory, Hans (1961). "Sumbwa Birth Figurines". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of...
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    Haya people (category Articles containing Haya-language text)
    mid-19th century the Haya were linked into Arab, Swahili, Nyamwezi, and Sumbwa trade networks. It is unclear when the first Arabs arrived in Buhaya but...
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