Mbugwe

MGZ

threatened

Alternate Names: Buwe, Kimbugwe, Mbuwe

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 52% with Langi ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
F
Nilamba-Rangi (F.34)

Demographics: 24,000 (1999).

Language Use: All ages, although villages increasingly mixed (ethnically), and children tend to learn Swahili [swh] alongside or even before Mbugwe.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Tanzania

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.