Kahe language explained

Kahe
States:Tanzania
Region:near Moshi
Speakers:2,700
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Northeast Bantu
Fam7:Chaga–Taita
Fam8:Chaga
Iso3:hka
Glotto:kahe1238
Glottorefname:Kahe
Guthrie:E.64

The Kahe are an ethnic and linguistic group based southeast of Moshi in Kilimanjaro Region Tanzania. The Kahe language, or Kikahe, is in the Chagga cluster of Bantu languages. Three dialects are recognized: Kimwangaria, Msengoni and Kichangareni.[1] Kikahe is spoken by 9,130 people, and is one of the smaller language communities in Tanzania.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kahigi, Kulikoyela K. (2008). Kikahe: Msamiati wa Kikahe-Kiswahili-Kiingereza na Kiingereza-Kikahe-Kiswahili (Kahe–Swahili–English and English–Kahe–Swahili Lexicon). Languages of Tanzania Project. .
  2. Muzale, H. & Rugemalira, J. (2008). Researching and Documenting the Languages of Tanzania. LOT Project, University of Dar es Salaam