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Kinga language

Kinga is a Bantu language of the Kinga tribe in Tanzania. It is closely related to Magoma, but mutual intelligibility is low.

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Kinga
Ekikinga
Native toTanzania
EthnicityKinga, Magoma
Native speakers
150,000 (2003)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3zga
Glottolognucl1379
G.652

Kinga is a Bantu language of the Kinga tribe in Tanzania. It is closely related to Magoma, but mutual intelligibility is low.

References

References

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

Further reading

  • Kähler-Meyer, Emmi (1969). "Gibt es sprachhistorische Beziehungen der Töne im Kinga (Tanzania)?". Ethnological and linguistic studies in honour of N. J. van Warmelo. Pretoria: Government Printer (South Africa). pp. 1–12.
  • Philippson, Gérard (1991). Tons et Accent dans les Langues Bantu d'Afrique Orientale: Étude Comparative Typologique et Diachronique (PhD thesis) (in French). Université de Paris V - René Descartes. OCLC 490044838.
  • Sanga, Edison (2018). Assessment of Language Endangerment in the Kinga Speech Community: Makete District --- Tanzania (MA thesis). University of Dodoma.
  • Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1973). "Kinga: a restricted tone language". Studies in African Linguistics. 4 (1): 23–48.
  • Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1971). Zur Lautstruktur des Kinga (Tanzania) (PhD thesis) (in German). Marburg: Philipps-Universität.
  • Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1969). "Die Sippen-Tabus der Kinga". Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte. 12: 34–41. doi:10.1163/157007369X00039. hdl:1887/8793.