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

Rwa

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3rwk

Population  90,000 (1987). 50,000 Kihai.
Region  Arusha region, Mt. Meru area.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 45
Alternate names   Kirwo, Rwo
Dialects  Kihai (Meru).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, E, Chaga (E.30)
Language development  NT: 1964.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Distinct from Kimîîru [mer] of Kenya.