Gweno language
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| Gweno | |
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| Kigweno | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | North Pare Mountains, Kilimanjaro Region |
| Ethnicity | 2,200 (2006)[1] |
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Native speakers
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(older adults)[1] |
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Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gwe |
| Glottolog | gwen1239[2] |
E.65[3] |
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Gweno is a Bantu language spoken in the North Pare Mountains in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. The people known as the Gweno (or more properly Asu[4]) are a Chaga ethnic and linguistic group. The language is today spoken mostly by older adults, with younger generations having shifted to Asu and Swahili.[1] Ethnologue considers Gweno to be moribund;[1] the Gweno stopped raising children to speak the language about 20 years ago.[when?][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gweno language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Further reading
- Sewangi, Seleman S. (2008). Kigweno: Msamiati wa Kigweno–Kiswahili–Kiingereza / Gweno–Swahili–English Lexicon. ISBN 9987-691-16-1.
External links
- Gweno Language at The Endangered Languages Project
- Numeral Systems found at LingWeb
- Gweno, a little known Bantu language of Northern Tanzania
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