Vinza
Native toTanzania
EthnicityVinza
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vin
Glottologvinz1238
JD.67[2]
ELPVinza

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.

References

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