Vinza language

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Vinza
Native to Tanzania
Ethnicity Vinza
Native speakers
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

  1. Vinza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. 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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