Kwaya language
Kwaya is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct.
Kwaya | |
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Native to | Tanzania |
Region | Mara Region |
Native speakers | 120,000 (2005)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kya |
Glottolog | kway1241 |
JE.251,253 [2] |
References
- Kwaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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