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Jita

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3: jit

Population	205,000 (SIL 2005).
Region	Mara region, Musoma Rural and Bunda districts.
Language map	Tanzania, reference number 8
Alternate names	Echijita, Ecijita, Kijita
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 83% with Kwaya [kya], 81% with Kara [reg], 62% with Kerewe [ked].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Haya-Jita (J.20)
Language use	Vigorous.
Language development	NT: 1943–1960.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KIRAKA, Pius; ROTH, Timothy, authors; SCHROEDER, Leila; STEGEN, Oliver, consultants. Available: 2011; Created: 2007-2010. Jita Orthography Sketch.

Vernacular Publications

Okusoma no Kukaama Echijita. 2008.

Okusoma no Kukaama EchiJita. 2009.