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Bantu language in Tanzania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wanji, or Vwanji, is a Bantu language of Tanzania.
Wanji | |
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Ekivwanji | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Ethnicity | Wanji |
Native speakers | 28,000 (2003)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wbi |
Glottolog | vwan1235 |
G.66 [2] | |
Linguasphere | 99-AUS-ue |
a | aa | b | d | e | ee | f | g | gh | h | i |
ii | ɨ | ɨɨ | j | k | l | m | mb | mh | n | nd |
n | ngʼ | ngʼh | nh | nj | nk | ns | nt | ny | o | oo |
p | s | t | u | uu | ʉ | ʉʉ | v | w | y | ʼ |
The syllable structure of Vwanji is CV.[4]
Vwangi has twenty noun classes and six series of pronouns. Nouns and certain other word classes may have an augment. Three levels of past tense and two levels of future tense are distinguished. Aspectual distinctions include anterior, persistive and habitual. Future tenses are marked as either certain or uncertain.[5]
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