Vwanji language explained

Wanji
Nativename:Ekivwanji
States:Tanzania
Ethnicity:Wanji
Speakers:28,000
Date:2003
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Northeast Bantu
Fam7:Bena–Kinga (G60)
Iso3:wbi
Glotto:vwan1235
Glottorefname:Vwanji
Lingua:99-AUS-ue
Guthrie:G.66

Wanji, or Vwanji, is a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Writing system

a
aa b d eee f g gh hi
ii ɨ ɨɨ j kl m mb mh nnd
n ngʼ ngʼh nh njnk ns nt ny ooo
p s t u uuʉ ʉʉ v w yʼ

Phonology

The syllable structure of Vwanji is CV.[1]

Grammar

Vwangi has twenty noun classes and six series of pronouns. Nouns and certain other word classes may have an augment. Three levels of past tense and two levels of future tense are distinguished. Aspectual distinctions include anterior, persistive and habitual. Future tenses are marked as either certain or uncertain.

Notes and References

  1. Simile . Okoa . Upor . Rose Acen . 2018-09-13 . SEGMENTAL ASPECTS OF KƗΒWANɈI PHONOLOGY: A NON-LINEAR REPRESENTATION . Utafiti Journal . en . 12 . 1 & 2.