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East Nyanza Languages
The East Nyanza languages form a subgroup of the Great Lakes Bantu languages spoken in Kenya and Tanzania. History Proto-East Nyanza speakers migrated into the Mara region in 100 AD and subsequently split into the Suguti and Mara branches around 300 AD. As the early East Nyanza speakers migrated into the Mara Region (and later, western kenya), they encountered Southern Cushitic and Kuliak peoples, whom they absorbed and were culturally influenced by. They were later also influenced by a now-extinct branch of southern Nilotic people who were migrating into the Mara Region from the north at the same time as the East Nyanza peoples. The early East Nyanza peoples were matrilineal, which aided them in absorbing Kuliak, Cushitic, and Nilotic males into their societies. Classification The East Nyanza languages are classified within the Glottolog database as follows:https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/east2750 *Nyanza Mara **North Mara *** Gusii ***Kuriaic **** Kuria **** Suba-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mara Region
Mara Region (''Mkoa wa Mara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of El Salvador. for El Salvador at The neighboring regions are Mwanza Region and Simiyu Region (to the south), Arusha Region (to the southeast), and Kagera Region (across Lake Victoria). The Mara Region borders Kenya (to the northeast).The regional capital is the municipality of Musoma. Mara Region is known for being the home of Serengeti National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site and also the birth place of Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere. Under British colonial occupation, the Mara Region was a district called the Lake Province, which became the Lake Region after independence in 1961. Geography The Mara Region is located in the northern part of mainland Tanzania. It is located between latitudes 1° 0’ and 2° 31’ and between longitudes 33° 10’ and 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuliak Languages
The Kuliak languages, also called the Rub languages,Ehret, Christopher (2001) ''A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan'' (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte 12), Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, . or Nyangiyan languages are a group of languages spoken by small relict communities in the mountainous Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda. Nyang'i and Soo are moribund, with a handful of elderly speakers. However, Ik is vigorous and growing. Word order in Kuliak languages is verb-initial.Beer, Sam, Amber McKinney, Lokiru Kosma 2009. ''The So Language: A Grammar Sketch''. m.s. Names The Kuliak languages are also called the Rub languages by Ehret (1981), since Ehret reconstructed "Rub" to mean 'person' in Proto-Kuliak. He suggests that "Kuliak" may actually be a derogatory term used by neighboring Nilotic-speaking peoples to disparage Kuliak speakers as "poor," hence his preference for using Rub instead. However, Kuliak continues to be the most wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jita Language
Jita is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria/Nyanza and on the island of Ukerewe Island, Ukerewe. Classification Malcolm Guthrie, Guthrie (1967) classifies Jita in Bantu Zone E, Group 20 because, like other languages in this zone, it has double prefixes (preprefixes or augments) on nouns, an “unparalleled wealth” of verb tenses and true negative tenses with a distinctive negative prefix. More recent work (Bastin 2003, Maho 2009) classifies Jita as part of an African Great Lakes, Interlacustrine Bantu group (Zone J). More specifically, Jita is a member of the Suguti Bantu group, with the Guthrie classification of Bantu languages, Guthrie code JE.25. Kwaya language, Kwaya (KYA, JE.251); Kara (REG), Regi/Leki (both JE.252); and Ruri/Rori (JE.253) are closely related to Jita. While Glottolog considers Ruri a dialect of Kwaya, Massamba's (1977) comparative study of Jita, Ruri and Kwaya suggests that Ruri is quite similar to Jita, while b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikoma Language
Ikoma, Nata, and Isenye are the ethnic names for a Bantu language of Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t .... Writing system References Works cited * Languages of Tanzania Great Lakes Bantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngoreme Language
Ngurimi (Ngoreme) is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Ngoreme is spoken in the Serengeti District of the Mara Region of north-west Tanzania by some 55,000 people.Hill, Dustin, Anna-Lena Lindfors, Louise Nagler, Mark Woodward, and Richard Yalonde. 2007. A Sociolinguistic survey of the Bantu languages in Mara Region, Tanzania . Dar es Salaam: SIL International. There are two main dialects of Ngoreme - a northern dialect and a southern dialect - which maintain mutual intelligibility. Phonology Ngoreme shares a vowel inventory with the majority of the Mara languages: ''/i e ɛ a ɔ o u/''. However, Ngoreme has an asymmetrical vowel inventory, with 7 phonemic vowels in nouns but only 5 vowels (/i ɛ a ɔ u/) in verbs. Nominal system In common with many Bantu languages, Ngoreme nouns typically consist of a noun stem, a noun class prefix and an augment (or pre-prefix) vowel. Augment vowels are invariable but the vowels that occurs in the noun class prefixes commonly exhibit variant for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanaki Language
Zanaki (''Ikizanaki'') is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It is spoken by the Zanaki people of Musoma and was the first language of Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika (1961–1964), Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as presid ..., son of the King Burito Nyerere (1860–1942). References Languages of Tanzania Great Lakes Bantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikizu Language
Ikizu (''Ikikizu, Kiikiizo'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Ikizu peoples of Tanzania. Its dialects are Ikizu proper and Sizaki. Maho (2009) treats Sizaki (Shashi) as a separate language. However, ''Ethnologue'' 16th edition retired the ISO code for Sizaki, merging it into Ikizu. Orthography Ikizu uses the Latin alphabet The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the Ancient Rome, ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered except several letters splitting—i.e. from , and from .... It does not include the letters ''Q'', ''V'', or ''X''. The letters ''B'' and ''C'' are only used in the forms ''Bh'' and ''Ch''. References Sources * Sewangi, Seleman S. (2008). ''Kiikiizo: Msamiati wa Kiikiizo–Kiingereza–Kiswahili na Kiingereza–Kiikiizo–Kiswahili / Ikiizo–English–Swahili and English–Ikiizo–Swahili Lexicon''. . {{Authority control Languages of Tanzania Great Lakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabwa Language
Kabwa (''Ekikabwa'') is a Bantu language of northern Tanzania. According to the Kabwa orthography statement published by SIL, Kabwa was spoken by approximately 8500 people in 2007. Kabwa is described in the orthography statement as a distinct language, although similar to Sweta and Kiroba (see Kuria language and Suba-Simbiti language Suba-Simbiti (''Kisuba, Kisimbiti'') is a Bantu language of Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya t ...), and having no dialects. Writing system References Languages of Tanzania Great Lakes Bantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suba Language
Kisuba, also known as Olusuba, is a Bantu language spoken by the Suba people (Kenya), Suba people of Kenya. The language features an extensive noun-classification system using prefixes that address gender and number. Suba clans are located on the eastern shore and islands of Lake Victoria in Kenya and Tanzania. They have formed alliances with neighboring clans, such as the Luo dialect, Luo people, via intermarriages, and as a result a majority of Suba people are bilingual in Dholuo language, Dholuo. The Suba religion has an ancient polytheistic history that includes writings of diverse, ancestral spirits. A recent revival of the Suba language and its culture has influenced the increasing number of native speakers each year. History Suba is an African language spoken by the Sub-Saharan people on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria. Trade dependence was established in the mid-19th century between the Suba people (Kenya), Suba people and the Luo, a larger neighboring clan. After a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suba-Simbiti Language
Suba-Simbiti (''Kisuba, Kisimbiti'') is a Bantu language of Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t .... Suba-Simbiti is spoken by six groups in the Tarime region of Tanzania. This include Hacha, Kine, Sweta, Simbiti and Kiroba. The total number of speakers is in the region of 110,000. Phonology Simbiti has a seven-vowel system with the vowels /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/ attested. However, only the five vowels / i ɛ a ɔ u / are found in verb roots. Grammar Simbiti has a basic SVO word order and head-initial syntax. The language has 19 noun classes, including two locative classes. There are three past tenses: a recent past, distant past and a general past. There is also a three-way distinction in the future: immediate future, a hodiernal future (used for events tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuria Language
Kuria is a Bantu language spoken by the Kuria people The Kuria people (also known as the AbaKurya, are a Bantu community in Tarime District of Mara Region in Tanzania and southern Kenya. Their homeland is bounded on the east by the Migori River and on the west by the Mara River estuary. Traditi ... of Northern Tanzania, with some speakers also residing in Kenya. Maho (2009) treats the Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, and Sweta varieties as distinct languages. Alphabet Phonology Consonants Vowels All vowels contrast length, and can be either short or long. Bibliography * Jelle Cammenga, ''Igikuria phonology and morphology : a Bantu language of South-West Kenya and North-West Tanzania'', Köppe, Köln, 2004, 351 p. (revised text of a thesis) * S. M. Muniko, B. Muita oMagige and M. J. Ruel (ed.), ''Kuria-English dictionary'', LIT, Hambourg, 1996, 137 p. * W. H. Whiteley, ''The structure of the Kuria verbal and its position in the sentence'', University of London, 1955, 161 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
