West Kilimanjaro language
| West Kilimanjaro | |
|---|---|
| West Chaga | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Machame, Kilimanjaro Region |
| Ethnicity | Chaga |
Native speakers | unknown (400,000 cited 1987–1992)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: jmc – Machame rwk – Rwa |
| Glottolog |
west2852[2] |
E.621 (ex-E.61,62a)[3] | |
West Kilimanjaro, or West Chaga, is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Chaga people.
There are several dialects:[3]
- Rwa (Rwo, Meru, Kirwo), or Meru, from Mount Meru
- Mashami (Kimashame), or "Hai" (Kihai)
- Siha
- Kiwoso (Kibosho including Kindi, Kombo, Mweka)
- Masama
- Ng’uni
References
- ↑ Machame at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Rwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "West Kilimanjaro". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online