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 |
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]