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Wanda |
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Iciwanda |
Native to | Tanzania |
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Ethnicity | Wanda, Sichela |
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Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1987)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | wbh |
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Glottolog | wand1264 |
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ELP | Wanda |
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| Sichela[3] |
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Wanda (also, known as Ichiwanda, Iciwanda, Kiwanda, Vanda, Wandia [4]) is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It is considered a vulnerable language with less than 43,000 native speakers worldwide. At least half of Wanda people speak limited Swahili, one of the official languages of Tanzania. Speakers are particularly concentrated in Kamsamba ward in Momba District Council and Kipeta ward in Sumbawanga District.[5]
References
- ^ Wanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Sichela.
- ^ "Wanda". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- ^ "Did you know Wanda is vulnerable?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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