Kinga | Ethnologue

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639: zga
Alternate Names: Bakinga, Ekikinga, Kikinga
Autonym: Kɨkɨnga
Population: 217,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).
Location:: Mbeya region; Njombe region: Makete district, Kipengere mountain range.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Bena-Kinga (G.65)
Dialects: Kinga, Mahanji (Mahanzi).
Typology: SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; noun classes; verbal affixation for subject, object, tense, aspect, mood, and derivation; tonal.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Swahili [swh].
Language Development: Literature. Grammar. NT: 1961–2019.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kinga
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: Mbeya region; Njombe region: Makete district, Kipengere mountain range.