Kabwa language

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

Kabwa
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	14,000 (2011)[1]
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[2]
ELP	Kabwa

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

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