Vinza is a
Bantu language spoken by the
Vinza people of
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
, approximately in the area of the town of
Uvinza.
[Margaret Arminel Bryan, ''The Bantu Languages of Africa'', Oxford University Press 1959. At that time there were about 5,000 speakers.] It is closely related to the languages of
Rwanda and
Burundi, including the
Ha language
Ha, also known with the Bantu language prefix as ''Giha, Igiha,'' or ''Kiha,'' is a Bantu language spoken by the Ha people of the Kigoma Region of Tanzania, spoken on the eastern side of Lake Tanganyika up to the headwaters of the Mikonga. It i ...
of the northeastern shores of
Lake Tanganyika.
References
Languages of Tanzania
Rwanda-Rundi languages
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