Vinza language
Vinza is a Bantu language spoken by the Vinza people of Tanzania, approximately in the area of the town of Uvinza. [4] It is closely related to the languages of Rwanda and Burundi, including the Ha language of the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika.
| Vinza | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Vinza |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vin |
| Glottolog | vinz1238[2] |
JD.67[3] | |
References
- Vinza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Vinza". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Margaret Arminel Bryan, The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press 1959. At that time there were about 5,000 speakers.
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