Jita language

Jita is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects.

Jita
Ecijita
Native toTanzania
RegionMara Region
Native speakers
210,000 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jit
Glottologjita1239
JE.25[2]
Title page of the New Testament in Jita

Like most Bantu languages, Jita is tonal. A detailed analysis of Jita tone has been made by Downing (1990), (1996), and (2014).

References

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

Bibliography


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