Gweno language

Gweno
Kigweno
Spoken in	Tanzania
Region	Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area
Native speakers	2,200  (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Chaga–Taita Chaga Gweno
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gwe

The Gweno are a Chaga ethnic and linguistic group based in the northernmost part of the Pare Mountains in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. In 2000 the ethnic Gweno population was estimated to number somewhere over 2,000, with their nearly extinct language spoken mostly by older adults, while younger Gweno have shifted to Asu and Swahili.

References

• Sewangi, Seleman S. (2008). Kigweno: Msamiati wa Kigweno–Kiswahili–Kiingereza / Gweno–Swahili–English Lexicon. ISBN 9987691161.