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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Tanzania > Mochi

Mochi

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3old

Population  597,000 (2000).
Region  Northeast corner, Chaga area.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 47
Alternate names   Kimochi, Kimoshi, Moshi, Mosi, Old Moshi
Dialects  Uru. A member of the Chaga dialect continuum which includes Rombo [rof], Machame [jmc], Vunjo [vun].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, E, Chaga (E.30)
Language development  NT: 1939.
Writing system  Latin script.