Ngoreme language

Ngurimi
Ngurimi
Dengurume
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	55,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu East Nyanza Nyanza Mara Ngurimi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ngq
Glottolog	ngur1263
Guthrie code	JE.401

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.

[e18-1] Ngurimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] 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.

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Ngurimi
Dengurume
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	55,000 (2005)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu East Nyanza Nyanza Mara Ngurimi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ngq`
Glottolog	`ngur1263`
Guthrie code	`JE.401`^[2]

Ngoreme language

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