The Bende are a Bantu ethnic group based in the Mpanda District of the Katavi Region in western Tanzania. In 2009, the Bende population was estimated to number 41,290.[1][2]

Bende cultural festival

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Did you know Bende is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. ^ "Bende". Ethnologue. SIL International. Retrieved 2007-07-07.

Further reading edit

  • Yuko Abe A Bende Vocabulary. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. 2006.