Vinza language explained

Vinza
States:Tanzania
Ethnicity:Vinza
Speakers:10,000
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Northeast Bantu
Fam7:Great Lakes Bantu
Fam8:Ruanda-Rundi
Iso3:vin
Glotto:vinz1238
Glottorefname:Vinza
Guthrie:JD.67

Vinza is a Bantu language spoken by the Vinza people of Tanzania, approximately in the area of the town of Uvinza. [1] It is closely related to the languages of Rwanda and Burundi, including the Ha language of the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika.

Notes and References

  1. Margaret Arminel Bryan, The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press 1959. At that time there were about 5,000 speakers.