West Kilimanjaro, or West Chaga, is a Bantu language of

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 ...

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 ...

. There are several dialects: * Rwa (Rwo, Meru, ''Kirwo''), or Meru, from

Mount Meru Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritu ...

* Mashami (''Kimashame''), or "Hai" (''Kihai'') * Siha * Kiwoso (Kibosho including Kindi, Kombo, Mweka) * Masama * Ng’uni

References

Languages of Tanzania Chaga languages {{Bantu-lang-stub