Chaga languages explained

Chaga
Region:Kilimanjaro
Ethnicity:Chaga people
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Fam6:Southern Bantoid
Fam7:Bantu
Fam8:Northeast Bantu
Fam9:Chaga–Taita
Glotto:chag1248
Glottorefname:Kilimanjaro Bantu
Person:Mchaga
People:Wachaga
Language:Kichaga
Country:Dchaga

Chaga, also Kichaga or Kichagga, is a Bantu dialect continuum spoken by the Chaga people of northern Tanzania, south of Mount Kilimanjaro.They also speak 9 dialects: Kivunjo, Kimarangu, Kirombo, Kimachame, Kisiha, Kikibosho, Kiuru, Kioldimoshi and Kingassa.

The Chaga languages are:[1]

References

  1. Maho (2009)