Ha, also known with the Bantu language prefix as ''Giha, Igiha,'' or ''Kiha,'' is a
Bantu language spoken by the
Ha people of the
Kigoma Region 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 on the eastern side of
Lake Tanganyika up to the headwaters of the Mikonga. It is closely related to the languages of
Rwanda and
Burundi; neighboring dialects are reported to be
mutually intelligible with
Kirundi.
[Article by Spiridion Shyirambere in: ''Le Français hors de France'' sous la direction de A. Valdman, Editions Honoré Champion, 7 quai Mallasquai, Paris, 1979. The "zone of intercomprehension" is also reported to include KinyaRwanda, Hima and Luganda, and several other local languages.]
Further reading
* Bichwa, Saul S. 2018. "The Role of Prosodic Units in the Study of Giha." ''Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics'', 1(1): 81-90.
References
External links
Bible recordings in HaBrief overview of Ha
Languages of Tanzania
Rwanda-Rundi languages
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