Rusa language should not be confused with Arusha dialect.
Rusa | |
Nativename: | Arusha-Chini |
States: | Tanzania |
Region: | Kilimanjaro Region |
Speakers: | ? |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu |
Fam6: | Northeast Bantu |
Fam7: | Chaga–Taita |
Fam8: | Chaga |
Glotto: | arus1242 |
Glottorefname: | Arusha |
Guthrie: | E.63 |
The Rusa (Rusha) language, also known as Arusha-Chini, is one of the Bantu languages of Tanzania spoken by the Chaga people. It is spoken in the Chaga area of the Kilimanjaro region, and forms a dialect continuum with other Chaga languages.