Kabwa language

Kabwa
Kabwa
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	14,000 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Logooli–Kuria (E.40) Kabwa; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cwa
Glottolog	kabw1241
Guthrie code	JE.405
ELP	Kabwa

Kabwa (Ekikabwa) is a Bantu language of northern Tanzania.

NativetoTanzania

RegionMara Region

Native speakers

14,000 (2011)^[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
  - Bantoid
    - Bantu
      - Northeast Bantu
        Great Lakes Bantu
        Logooli–Kuria (E.40)
        Kabwa

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According to the Kabwa orthography statement published by SIL,^[3] 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), and having no dialects.

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