Bondei

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A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3
bou
Alternate Names
Bonde, Boondei, Kibondei
User Population

122,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).

Location

Tanga region: Usambara mountains, inland from Tanga.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Shambala (G.24)
Dialects

None known. Influenced linguistically by Doe [doe] and Kwere [cwe], and it also influenced them. Lexical similarity: 75% with Shambala [ksb] and Zigula [ziw], 73% with Ngulu [ngp].

Language Use

Also use Swahili [swh], with some shifting.

Language Development

Dictionary. Texts. Bible portions: 1887–1895.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bondei
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Muslim, Christian.