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{{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 languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Volta-Congo]]
|fam4=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
|fam5=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]]
|fam6=[[Southern Bantoid]]
|fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
|fam8=[[Northeast Bantu]]
|fam9=[[Great Lakes Bantu]]
|fam10=[[West Nyanza languages|West Nyanza]]
|fam11=[[Rutara languages|Rutara]]
|fam12=[[Rutara languages|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ|title = Tanzania}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Josephat M. Rugemalira (2005). ''A Grammar of Runyambo''. Languages of Tanzania Project. {{ISBN|9987-691-03-X}}.

{{Languages of Tanzania}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Tanzania]]
[[Category:Languages of Tanzania]]
[[Category:Great Lakes Bantu languages]]


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