Kwaya language

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Kwaya
Native toTanzania
RegionMara Region
Native speakers
120,000 (2005)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Kwaya
  • Ruri
Language codes
ISO 639-3kya
Glottologkway1241
Guthrie code
JE.251,253[2]

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[]

  1. ^ Kwaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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