The ASJP Database - Wordlist Nghwele

Wordlist Nghwele

Compiled by Viveka Velupillai

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: kwer1261
ISO 639-3: cwe

Coordinates WGS84

6°20'S, 38°25'E
-6.33, 38.42

number of speakers	152,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Northeastsavannabantu > Northeastcoastalbantu > Ruvu > Eastruvu > Centraleastruvu
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > G > Zigula Zaramo(g.32)

Sources

Legère 2003: Trilingual Ngh'wele-Swahili-English and Swahili-Ngh'wele-English wordlist. Dept. of Oriental and African Languages, Gothenburg Univeristy. (Available at: http://www.african.gu.se/downloads.html . Accessed 10.12.2009)