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{{Short description|Bantu language of Tanzania}}
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'''Kwaya''' is a [[Bantu language]] of [[Tanzania]]. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct.
'''Kwaya''' is a [[Bantu language]] of [[Tanzania]] spoken by the [[Kwaya people]]. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct. It is closely related to the [[Bemba language]] and [[Tumbuka language]] of Malawi and Zambia.


== References ==
== Examples ==
'''Death-Kufwa'''
{{reflist}}

'''Ear-Okutwi'''

'''Eye-Linso'''

'''Four-Ne'''

'''Hand-Mboko'''

'''I-Nyimi'''

'''Name-Dzina'''

'''Night-Usiku'''

'''Nose-Mzunu'''

'''Sun-Kasubuka'''

'''Three-Tatu'''

'''Tongue-Ulimi'''

'''Tooth-Izinyu'''

'''Two-Mbila'''

'''Water-Amanji'''

'''Who-Nani'''

'''Wind-Omoya'''

'''You-Wewo'''

== Sample text (Hail Mary) ==
''Murembe, Maria, wizuye enema, omukama anawe, wabalikwa mu bagasi bone, na Yezu, mwana wamunda ayo yabalikwa. Maria mutakatifu, Nyira Ngumi, okisabire eswe abakayi ôri na mu nkaga yokufwa kweswe. Amina.''

=== Translation ===
Hail Mary, full of grace. The lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.{{reflist}}


{{Languages of Tanzania}}
{{Languages of Tanzania}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages|J-M}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)}}
[[Category:Languages of Tanzania]]
[[Category:Languages of Tanzania]]
[[Category:Great Lakes Bantu languages]]
[[Category:Great Lakes Bantu languages]]

Latest revision as of 10:08, 30 March 2024

Kwaya
Native toTanzania
RegionMara Region
Native speakers
120,000 (2005)[1]
Dialects
  • Kwaya
  • Ruri
Language codes
ISO 639-3kya
Glottologkway1241
JE.251,253[2]

Kwaya is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Kwaya people. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct. It is closely related to the Bemba language and Tumbuka language of Malawi and Zambia.

Examples

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Death-Kufwa

Ear-Okutwi

Eye-Linso

Four-Ne

Hand-Mboko

I-Nyimi

Name-Dzina

Night-Usiku

Nose-Mzunu

Sun-Kasubuka

Three-Tatu

Tongue-Ulimi

Tooth-Izinyu

Two-Mbila

Water-Amanji

Who-Nani

Wind-Omoya

You-Wewo

Sample text (Hail Mary)

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Murembe, Maria, wizuye enema, omukama anawe, wabalikwa mu bagasi bone, na Yezu, mwana wamunda ayo yabalikwa. Maria mutakatifu, Nyira Ngumi, okisabire eswe abakayi ôri na mu nkaga yokufwa kweswe. Amina.

Translation

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Hail Mary, full of grace. The lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

  1. ^ Kwaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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