Zinza
A language of Tanzania
| Population | 138,000 (1987). |
| Region | Lake Victoria southwest shore; area islands. |
| Language map |
Tanzania, reference number 5 |
| Alternate names | Dzinda, Dzindza, Echidzindza, Echijinja, Ecizinza, Jinja, Kizinza, Zinja |
| Dialects | Longo, Kula. Lexical similarity: 81% with Nyambo [now] and Nyankore [nyn], 78% with Haya [hay], 76% with Kerewe [ked], 75% with Chiga [cgg], 67% with Nyoro [nyo] and Toro [tdv]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Haya-Jita (J.20) |
| Language use | Home. Most also use Swahili [swh]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Bible portions: 1930–1958. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: millet, beans, plantains; fishermen; animal husbandry: cattle, sheep, goats. Traditional religion, syncretism, Christian, Muslim. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Matthews, Thomas G. 2007. Implicit information in the target language context.
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Ethnologue: Print |
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