Kwaya language
| Kwaya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Mara Region |
Native speakers | 120,000 (2005)[1] |
|
Niger–Congo
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
kya |
| Glottolog |
kway1241[2] |
JE.251,253[3] | |
Kwaya is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct.
References
- ↑ Kwaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kwaya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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