Tew, Mary. 1950. Peoples of the Lake Nyasa region. (Ethnographic survey of Africa, East Central Africa, 1.) London: Oxford Univ. Press for the International African Inst. (IAI). 131pp.
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Name in source | Glottolog languoid |
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Yao | |
Makua-Lomwe | |
Lomwe-Nguru = Malawi Lomwe | |
Makonde | |
Mwera-north of the Lukuledi river on the Rondo plateau | |
Nyanja | |
Cewa | |
Nsenga | |
Tumbuka | |
Lake Shore Tonga | |
Ngonde | |
Nyakyusa | |
Kinga | |
Mombera's Ngoni who settled in Tumbuka country speak Tumbuka and a debased form of Ngoni was used in 1914 in lawsuits only | |
Mpezeni's Ngoni although they have now settled in Cewa country learnt Nsenga from the wives taken during the second occupation of that country and it is now the common language of the people = Nsenga | |
Ciwere's Ngoni settled as they are among Cewa Nyanja and a sprinkling of Yao probably speak Nyanja which is the official language of the area | |
Gomani's Ngoni speak Nyanja | |
The Watuta Ngoni in Tanganyika Territory speak the Nyamwezi language | |
The Magwangwara in Tanganyika are said to keep a few words of Zulu in their vocabulary but Yao was said to be the most serviceable language for talking with them |