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* Odden, David (1996) ''The Phonology and Morphology of Kimatuumbi''. (The Phonology of the World's Languages). Oxford: Clarendon Press. |
* Odden, David (1996) ''The Phonology and Morphology of Kimatuumbi''. (The Phonology of the World's Languages). Oxford: Clarendon Press. |
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* Krumm, B. (1912) ''Grundriss einer Grammatik des Kimatuumbi.'' Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalischen Sprachen, III. |
* Krumm, B. (1912) ''Grundriss einer Grammatik des Kimatuumbi.'' Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalischen Sprachen, III. |
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Revision as of 01:12, 6 April 2012
| Matumbi | |
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| Kimatuumbi | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Kilwa district |
| Ethnicity | Matumbi people |
Native speakers | (72,000 cited 1978)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgw |
Matuumbi, also known as Kimatumbi, is a language spoken in Tanzania in the Kipatimu region of the Kilwa District, south of the Rufiji river. It is a Bantu language, P13 in Guthrie's classification. Kimatuumbi is closely related to the Ngindo, Mbunga, Rufiji and Ndengereko languages. It is spoken by about 70 000 people, according to the Ethnologue.
Matuumbi is the Kimatuumbi word for 'hills' (singular form: tuumbi, class 5/6). Ki- is a Bantu noun class prefix attached to nouns of the class that includes languages (cf. Kiswahili, Kikongo).
References
- ^ Matumbi at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- Odden, David (1996) The Phonology and Morphology of Kimatuumbi. (The Phonology of the World's Languages). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Krumm, B. (1912) Grundriss einer Grammatik des Kimatuumbi. Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalischen Sprachen, III.