Rungu (African ethnic group)
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The Lungu Rungu are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southwestern Tanzania
and northeastern Zambia
. In 1987 the Rungu population in Tanzania was estimated to number 34,000. The number of Rungu in Zambia has not been independently estimated, though the combined number of Mambwe
and Rungu in Zambia was estimated to be 262,800 in 1993 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mgr.
The Mambwe language and Lungu
, the Rungu language, are distinguished by minor dialect differences.
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...
and northeastern Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. In 1987 the Rungu population in Tanzania was estimated to number 34,000. The number of Rungu in Zambia has not been independently estimated, though the combined number of Mambwe
Mambwe
The Mambwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southwestern Tanzania and northeastern Zambia. In 1987 the Mambwe population in Tanzania was estimated to number 63,000 . The number of Mambwe in Zambia has not been independently estimated, though the combined number of Mambwe and Lungu in...
and Rungu in Zambia was estimated to be 262,800 in 1993 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mgr.
The Mambwe language and Lungu
Lungu
Lungu is a village in Käru Parish, Rapla County in western-central Estonia....
, the Rungu language, are distinguished by minor dialect differences.