Nindi

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A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3
nxi
Alternate Names
Kinindi, Manundi
User Population

5,690 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).

Location

Ruvuma region: East Songea district, near Mozambique border.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, N, Manda (N.102)
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Ndendeule [dne].

Language Use

Shifting to Swahili [swa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nindi
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Virtually unknown outside the district.