Kabwa language

Kabwa
Kabwa
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	14,000 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Logooli–Kuria (E.40) Kabwa; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cwa
Glottolog	kabw1241
Guthrie code	JE.405
ELP	Kabwa

Kabwa (Ekikabwa) is a Bantu language of northern Tanzania.

According to the Kabwa orthography statement published by SIL,^[3] Kabwa was spoken by approximately 8500 people in 2007. Kabwa is described in the orthography statement as a distinct language, although similar to Sweta and Kiroba (see Kuria language and Suba-Simbiti language), and having no dialects.

Writing system

Kabwa alphabet^[3]
a	bh	ch	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	m	n	ng’	ny	o	p	r	s	sh	t	u	w	y

References

^ Kabwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ ^a ^b Overton, Rebekah; Walker, John B.; Robinson, Holly (2017a). Kabwa orthography statement. SIL International.

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[e18-1] Kabwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[SIL-3] Overton, Rebekah; Walker, John B.; Robinson, Holly (2017a). Kabwa orthography statement. SIL International.

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