Vwanji language
Bantu language in Tanzania
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Wanji, or Vwanji, is a Bantu language of Tanzania.
NativetoTanzania
EthnicityWanji
Native speakers
28,000 (2003)[1]Niger–Congo?
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Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
- Bantoid
- Bantu
- Northeast Bantu
- Bena–Kinga (G60)
- Wanji
- Bena–Kinga (G60)
- Northeast Bantu
- Bantu
- Bantoid
- Benue–Congo
| Wanji | |
|---|---|
| Ekivwanji | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Wanji |
Native speakers | 28,000 (2003)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wbi |
| Glottolog | vwan1235 |
G.66[2] | |
| Linguasphere | 99-AUS-ue |
Phonology
The syllable structure of Vwanji is CV.[3]
Writing system
| a | aa | b | d | e | ee | f | g | gh | h | i |
| ii | ɨ | ɨɨ | j | k | l | m | mb | mh | n | nd |
| n | ngʼ | ngʼh | nh | nj | nk | ns | nt | ny | o | oo |
| p | s | t | u | uu | ʉ | ʉʉ | v | w | y | ʼ |
Grammar
Vwangi has twenty noun classes and six series of pronouns. Nouns and certain other word classes may have an augment. Three levels of past tense and two levels of future tense are distinguished. Aspectual distinctions include anterior, persistive and habitual. Future tenses are marked as either certain or uncertain.[5]
