Kwaya language

Kwaya
Kwaya
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	120,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu East Nyanza Suguti Kwaya; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kwaya; Ruri;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kya
Glottolog	kway1241
Guthrie code	JE.251,253

Kwaya is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Kwaya people. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct. It is closely related to the Bemba language and Tumbuka language of Malawi and Zambia.

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