Kwaya language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Tanzania}} {{Infobox language |name=Kwaya |nativename= |states=[[Tanzania]] |region=[[Mara Region]] |speakers={{sigfig|115,000|2}} |date=2005 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Volta-Congo]] |fam4=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam5=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantoid]] |fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam8=[[Northeast Bantu]] |fam9=[[Great Lakes Bantu]] |fam10=[[East Nyanza languages|East Nyanza]] |fam11=Suguti |dia1=Kwaya |dia2=Ruri |iso3=kya |glotto=kway1241 |glottorefname=Kwaya |guthrie=JE.251,253 }}

'''Kwaya''' is a [[Bantu language]] of [[Tanzania]] spoken by the [[Kwaya people]]. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct.

== References == {{reflist}}

{{Languages of Tanzania}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)}} [[Category:Languages of Tanzania]] [[Category:Great Lakes Bantu languages]] [[Category:Kwaya people| ]]

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