Isanzu
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The Isanzu are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Iramba
District of Singida Region in central Tanzania
. In 1987 the Isanzu population was estimated to number 32,400 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ. They speak a Bantu language (Kinyihanzu), have matrilineal descent groups and are agriculturalists who subsist on sorghum, millet and maize. People are poor, and make a living as farmers and through migrant labour to other parts of the country, principally, Arusha.
The area was colonized by Germany in the late 19th century, and during the First World War, occupied by British forces. Following the war Tanganyika became a British Trust Territory and a British administration governed this area, like the rest of the Territory, through a policy of Indirect Rule until independence in 1961.
, another Bantu language spoken to the south in the Singida area, but it's not clear that they're closely related.
Iramba
Iramba is one of the four districts of the Singida Region of central Tanzania. It is bordered to the Northwest by the Shinyanga Region, to the Northeast by the Manyara Region, to the South by the Singida Rural and Singida Urban Districts and to the West by the Tabora Region.According to the 2002...
District of Singida Region in central Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
. In 1987 the Isanzu population was estimated to number 32,400 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ. They speak a Bantu language (Kinyihanzu), have matrilineal descent groups and are agriculturalists who subsist on sorghum, millet and maize. People are poor, and make a living as farmers and through migrant labour to other parts of the country, principally, Arusha.
The area was colonized by Germany in the late 19th century, and during the First World War, occupied by British forces. Following the war Tanganyika became a British Trust Territory and a British administration governed this area, like the rest of the Territory, through a policy of Indirect Rule until independence in 1961.
Language
The Isanzu speak a Bantu language called kinyihanzu. Nearly everyone also speaks Swahili, the nation's lingua franca. Kinyihanzu is similar the Nyaturu languageNyaturu language
The Turu or Nyaturu language, Kinyaturu, also known as Rimi Kirimi, is a Bantu language of spoken by the Wanyaturu Arimi of the Singida region of Tanzania. Excluding the Bantu language prefixes Ke- and Ki-, other spellings of the language are Limi and Remi...
, another Bantu language spoken to the south in the Singida area, but it's not clear that they're closely related.