Ngoni language

Ngoni
Songea
Chingoni, Xingoni
Native toTanzania, Zambia, Malawi
EthnicityNgoni
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
xnj – Tanzanian Ngoni
xnq – Mozambican Ngoni
Glottologngon1269
N.12[1]

Ngoni is a dead Bantu language of Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. Since the Ngoni men who fled from South Africa were only men with no women, when they arrived in Malawi, they married different tribes. Children born from these mothers adopted their mother language than their fathers'. As of 2025, there are no Ngoni speakers in Malawi and Zambia, as even Ngoni chieves speak other languages such as Chitumbuka and Chichewa, but on Ngoni traditional ceremonies.

References

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  1. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online