| Mbugwe | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Mbugwe |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgz |
| Glottolog | mbug1242 |
F.34[2] | |
Mbugwe or Mbuwe (Kimbugwe) is a Bantu language spoken by the Mbugwe people of Lake Manyara in the Manyara Region of Central Tanzania. Mbugwe is estimated to be spoken by some 34,000 people.
Mbugwe is isolated from other Bantu languages, being bordered by the locally dominant Cushitic language Iraqw to the west, the Gorowa language (or dialect of Iraqw) to the south, the Nilotic Maasai language to the east, and the lake to the north. It shares about 70% vocabulary with its Bantu cousin Rangi.