Vunjo language

Vunjo
Kiwunjo
Spoken in	Tanzania, Kenya
Region	Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area
Native speakers	1.5 million  (date missing)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Vunjo
Dialects	Marangu Lema
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vun

The Vunjo language, or Kiwunjo, is a Bantu language, spoken mainly in Tanzania and by some over the border in Kenya, by approximately 300,000 Chaga people(1992 UBS). It is spoken in the Chaga area of the Kilimanjaro region. Vunjo is closely related to the other Chaga languages Rombo, Moshi, and Machame languages, with which it is said to form a dialect continuum.

Bibliography

• Dalgish, Gerard M. (1978) 'The syntax and semantics of the morpheme ni in kiVunjo (Chaga)', Kiswahili, 48, 1, 42–56.
• Philippson, Gérard (1984) '"Gens des bananeraies" (Tanzanie): contribution linguistique à l'histoire culturelle des Chaga du Kilimanjaro' (Cahier no. 16.) Paris: Editions Recherche sur les civilisations.

External links

• Ethnologue report on Vunjo