Central Kilimanjaro language

Central Kilimanjaro
Central Chaga
Native to Tanzania
Region Kilimanjaro
Ethnicity Chaga
Native speakers
900,000 (1992–2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
vun â€“ Wunjo
old â€“ Mochi
Glottolog vunj1238  (Vunjo)[2]
moch1256  (Mochi)[3]
E.622 (ex-E.62a,62b)[4]

Central Kilimanjaro, or Central Chaga, is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Chaga people.

There are several dialects:[4]

Moshi, spoken by 600,000, is the language of the Chaga cultural capital, Moshi, and the prestige dialect of the Chaga languages.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Wunjo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Mochi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Vunjo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mochi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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