Kilimanjaro Bantu languages

Kilimanjaro Bantu
Kilimanjaro Bantu
Geographic; distribution	Kilimanjaro Region
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Kilimanjaro-Taita Kilimanjaro Bantu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Kilimanjaro Bantu
Subdivisions	Chaga ; Gweno language ;
Language codes
Glottolog	chag1248

Last updated August 14, 2025

The Kilimanjaro Bantu languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ History and the Testimony of Language.
↑ Derek Nurse (1999). "Towards a historical classification of East African Bantu languages". Bantu Historical Linguistics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives.

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[1] History and the Testimony of Language.

[2] Derek Nurse (1999). "Towards a historical classification of East African Bantu languages". Bantu Historical Linguistics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives.

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Kilimanjaro Bantu
Geographic distribution	Kilimanjaro Region
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Kilimanjaro-Taita Kilimanjaro Bantu
Proto-language	Proto-Kilimanjaro Bantu
Subdivisions	Chaga Gweno language
Language codes
Glottolog	`chag1248`