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.