Ha people

The Ha, also called Abaha (Waha in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group found in Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania bordering Lake Tanganyika. In 2001, the Ha population was estimated to number between 1 and 1.5 million, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in ethnically diverse Tanzania.

Ha
Waha
Regions with significant populations
 Tanzania1.5 Million
Languages
Ha
Tanzanian English
Religion
Islam, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Hangaza, Jiji, Sumbwa & other Bantu peoples

Their language is a Bantu language, and is called the Ha language, also called Kiha, Ikiha or Giha. It is closely related to the Kirundi and Kinyarwanda spoken in neighbouring Burundi and Rwanda, and belongs to the Niger-Congo family of languages.

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