Bungu | Ethnologue

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639: wun
Alternate Names: Echiungu, Iciwungu, Kibungu, Ungu, Wungu
Autonym: Chɨwʉngʉ
Population: 30,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).
Location:: Mbeya region: Chunya district: Mamba, Makongorosi, Matundasi, and Mkola wards; Songwe region: Songwe district.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, F, Sukuma-Nyamwezi (F.25)
Dialects: Maleza, Mwambani, Udinde.
Typology: SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; noun classes; verbal affixation for subject, object, tense, aspect, mood and derivation; tonal.
Language Use: Home, village, farming. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Swahili [swh].
Language Development: No L1 literacy, many Bungu live very remotely and education levels are low. Boys may leave school early (12 years old) to enter fishing business.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bungu
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: Mbeya region: Chunya district: Mamba, Makongorosi, Matundasi, and Mkola wards; Songwe region: Songwe district.