Ngoni language

Ngoni
Songea
Chingoni
Native to	Tanzania, Mozambique
Ethnicity	some Ngoni people
Native speakers	unknown (170,000 in Tanzania cited 1987)[1] 53,000 in Mozambique (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Rufiji–Ruvuma Songea Ngoni
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ngo
Glottolog	ngon1269[2]
Guthrie code	N.12[3]

Ngoni is a Bantu language of Tanzania and Mozambique. It is one of several languages of the Ngoni people, who descend from the Nguni people of southern Africa. Despite its name, it is not descended from an Nguni language, but only retains the name. Generally any language spoken by the Ngoni may be called "Ngoni": The Ngoni of Malawi, for instance, is Chewa, and other Ngoni speak Tumbuka or Nsenga.

References

1. Ngoni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngoni". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online