Vinza language
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Vinza | |
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Native to | Tanzania |
Ethnicity | Vinza |
Native speakers
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unknown (10,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | vin |
Glottolog | vinz1238 [2] |
JD.67 [3] |
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.
References
- ↑ Vinza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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