The Turu or Nyaturu language, ''Kinyaturu'', also known as Rimi ''Kirimi'', is a

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of spoken by the ''Wanyaturu'' also known as ''Arimi'' of the Singida region of

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. Excluding the Bantu language prefixes ''Ke-'' and ''Ki-,'' other spellings of the language are ''Limi'' and ''Remi''. Dialects of the three Turu tribes are ''Girwana'' of the ''Airwana (Wilwana)'' in the north, ''Giahi'' of the ''Vahi (Wahi)'' in the south and west, and ''Ginyamunyinganyi'' of the ''Anyiŋanyi (Wanyinganyi)'' in the east.

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