Bungu

WUN

vigorous

Alternate Names: Iciwungu, Kibungu, Ungu, Wungu

Dialects: Maleza, Mwambani, Udinde.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
F
Sukuma-Nyamwezi (F.25)

Demographics: 36,000 (1987).

Language Use: Home, village, farming. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Swahili [swh].

Language Development: No L1 literacy, many Bungu live very remotely and education levels are low. Boys may leave school early (12 years old) to enter fishing business.

Typology: SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; noun classes; verbal affixation for subject, object, tense, aspect, mood and derivation; tonal.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Tanzania

Other Comments: Christian (Roman Catholic).