Kinga language

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Kinga
Ekikinga
Native to Tanzania
Ethnicity Kinga, Magoma
Native speakers
150,000 (2003) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 zga
Glottolog nucl1379
G.65 [2]

Kinga is a Bantu language of the Kinga tribe in Tanzania. It is closely related to Magoma, but mutual intelligibility is low.

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References

  1. Kinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online