Chaga, also ''Kichaga'' or ''Kichagga'', is a
Bantu dialect continuum
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
spoken by the
Chaga people
The Chaga or Chagga (Swahili language: WaChaga) are Bantu-speaking indigenous Africans and the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania. They traditionally live on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and eastern Mount Meru in both Kilimanjaro Re ...
of northern
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
, south of
Mount Kilimanjaro.
They also speak 9 dialects: Kivunjo, Kimarangu, Kirombo, Kimachame, Kisiha, Kikibosho, Kiuru, Kioldimoshi and Kingassa.
The Chaga languages are:
[Maho (2009)]
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West Kilimanjaro (West Chaga), including Meru and Machame
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Central Kilimanjaro (Central Chaga), including Mochi (Old Moshi) and Wunjo
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Rombo
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Rusha
The SS Race and Settlement Main Office (''Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt der SS'', RuSHA) was the organization responsible for "safeguarding the racial 'purity' of the SS" within Nazi Germany.
One of its duties was to oversee the marriages of SS p ...
(Arusha-Chini)
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Kahe
Kahe may refer to:
Places
* Kahe, Tanzania, a group of wards in northeastern Tanzania
** Battle of Kahe, fought during the East African Campaign of World War I
* Kahe Mashariki, a town and ward in northeastern Tanzania
* Kahak, Razavi Khorasan, ...
*
Gweno
References
Languages of Tanzania
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