Global InformationNgoreme language information
| Ngurimi | |
|---|---|
| Dengurume | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Mara Region |
Native speakers | 55,000 (2005)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ngq |
| Glottolog | ngur1263 |
Guthrie code | JE.401[2] |
Ngurimi (Ngoreme) is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Ngoreme is spoken in the Serengeti District of the Mara Region of north-west Tanzania by some 55,000 people.[3] There are two main dialects of Ngoreme - a northern dialect and a southern dialect - which maintain mutual intelligibility.
- ^ Ngurimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Hill, Dustin, Anna-Lena Lindfors, Louise Nagler, Mark Woodward, and Richard Yalonde. 2007. A Sociolinguistic survey of the Bantu languages in Mara Region, Tanzania . Dar es Salaam: SIL International.