Turu people (Tanzania)

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PersonMυnyatυrυ, Mυrιmi
PeopleWanyatυrυ, Arιmi
LanguageKιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi
CountryUnyatυrυ, Urιmi
Nyaturu warrior.

The Turu (Arimi, Wanyaturu) are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Singida Region of north-central Tanzania who speak Bantu language Kinyaturu.[1] In 1993, the Turu population was estimated to number 556,000.[2] The current population of the Turu is now over 1,000,000. They speak the Turu language.[3]

Arimi (the people of Rimi) is the original endonym.[citation needed] The word Arimi itself literally means farmers. Wanyaturu (the people of Nyaturu) is replacing it, reflecting Swahili contact; indeed, the prefix wa- is Swahili rather than the Turu a-.

  1. ^ Schneider, Harold K. (July 1966). "Turu Ecology: Habitat, Mode of Production, and Society". Africa. 36 (3): 254–268. doi:10.2307/1157682. ISSN 1750-0184. JSTOR 1157682. S2CID 146539985.
  2. ^ "Ethnologue report for Tanzania". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2005-05-04. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  3. ^ "Nyaturu in Tanzania". Joshua Project.