Kichagga language
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Chaga, also Kichaga or Kichagga, is a Bantu
dialect continuum
spoken by the Chaga people of Tanzania, South of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Recognized Chaga languages are,
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
dialect continuum
Dialect continuum
A dialect continuum, or dialect area, was defined by Leonard Bloomfield as a range of dialects spoken across some geographical area that differ only slightly between neighboring areas, but as one travels in any direction, these differences accumulate such that speakers from opposite ends of the...
spoken by the Chaga people of Tanzania, South of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Recognized Chaga languages are,
- Wunjo (Vunjo, Marangu, Lema), Rombo, MachameMachame languageThe Machame language, Kimashame, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken by approximately 300,000 Chaga people. It is spoken in the Chaga area of the Kilimanjaro region, and forms a dialect continuum with other Chaga languages....
(Bosho), Rwa (Hai), MochiMoshi languageThe Old Moshi language, Kimochi, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken by approximately 600,000 Chaga people. It is the prestige variety of the Chaga languages....
(Old Moshi, Uru), Rusha, Kahe, Gweno