Alternate Names: Iciwungu, Kibungu, Ungu, Wungu
Dialects: Maleza, Mwambani, Udinde.
Genealogy:
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).