Kwaya language

Kwaya
Kwaya
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	120,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu East Nyanza Suguti Kwaya; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kwaya; Ruri;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kya
Glottolog	kway1241
Guthrie code	JE.251,253

Kwaya is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Kwaya people. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct. It is closely related to the Bemba language and Tumbuka language of Malawi and Zambia.

^ Kwaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[e18-1] Kwaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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