Atlantic-Congo · East Africa

Sumbwa

Not endangered

Sumbwa is documented so far only to the level of grammar sketch.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationGrammar sketch
ISO 639-3suw
Glottocodesumb1240

Spoken in Tanzania

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Sumbwa.

  1. Kimbu

    Threatened
    Wordlist or less

  2. Konongo-Ruwila

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

  3. Nyamwezi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Sukuma

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  5. Asu (Tanzania)

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  6. Bena (Tanzania)

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Bende

    Shifting
    Long grammar

  8. Bondei

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

Reference data for Sumbwa from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)