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 family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Chaga–Taita Chaga West Kilimanjaro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: jmc – Machame rwk – Rwa
Glottolog	west2852[2]
Guthrie code	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

1. Machame at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Rwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "West Kilimanjaro". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online