Ha people
Ethnic group from Kigoma Region, Tanzania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ha, also called Abaha (Waha in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group found in Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania bordering Lake Tanganyika.[1][2] In 2001, the Ha population was estimated to number between 1 and 1.5 million, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in ethnically diverse Tanzania.[1][3][4]
Quick Facts Waha, Regions with significant populations ...
Waha | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Tanzania | 1.5 Million |
Languages | |
Ha Tanzanian English[broken anchor] | |
Religion | |
Islam, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Hangaza, Jiji, Sumbwa & other Bantu peoples |
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Their language is a Bantu language,[5] and is called the Ha language, also called Kiha, Ikiha or Giha. It is closely related to the Kirundi and Kinyarwanda spoken in neighbouring Burundi and Rwanda, and belongs to the Niger-Congo family of languages.[4]