Gweno language
| Gweno | |
|---|---|
| Kigweno | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area |
Native speakers | 2,200 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
gwe |
| Glottolog |
gwen1239[2] |
E.65[3] | |
The Gweno are a Chaga ethnic and linguistic group based in the northernmost part of the Pare Mountains in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. In 2000 the ethnic Gweno population was estimated to number somewhere over 2,000, with their nearly extinct language spoken mostly by older adults, while younger Gweno have shifted to Asu and Swahili.[4]
References
- ↑ Gweno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gweno". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑
- Sewangi, Seleman S. (2008). Kigweno: Msamiati wa Kigweno–Kiswahili–Kiingereza / Gweno–Swahili–English Lexicon. ISBN 9987-691-16-1.