Vinza language
Vinza is a Bantu language spoken by the Vinza people of Tanzania, approximately in the area of the town of Uvinza. [3] It is closely related to the languages of Rwanda and Burundi, including the Ha language of the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika.
Vinza | |
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Native to | Tanzania |
Ethnicity | Vinza |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | vin |
Glottolog | vinz1238 |
JD.67 [2] | |
ELP | Vinza |
References
- Vinza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 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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