Ngoni language (Tanzania)

Ngoni
Ngoni
Songea
Chingoni
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Songea
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Southern Tanzanian Highlands Bantu Manda-Ngoni Ngoni; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xnj
Glottolog	tanz1241
Guthrie code	N.12

Ngoni is a Bantu language spoken in the Songea region of Tanzania. It is not an Nguni language, but only retains the name: It started as the Pangwa dialect of Nguni captives; over generations the original Nguni language was lost.