Nyambo language

{{Short description|Language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Nyambo

|nativename=Orunyambo

|states=Tanzania

|region=Kagera Region

|speakers=400,000

|date=2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu

|fam8=Northeast Bantu

|fam9=Great Lakes Bantu

|fam10=West Nyanza

|fam11=Rutara

|fam12=South Rutara

|iso3=now

|glotto=nyam1277

|glottorefname=Nyambo

|guthrie=JE.21

}}

The Nyambo, or Ragwe, are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in the Karagwe District of Kagera Region in far northwestern Tanzania. The Nyambo population is estimated to number 670,000. Their closest relatives are the Haya people.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ|title = Tanzania}}