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Name:
Kwaya
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Kikwaya
Spoken in:
Tanzania
Number of speakers:
115,000 (SIL 2005). Ethnic population: 70,000 Kwaya and 45,000 Ruri
(Ethnologue)
Code:
kya
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Haya-Jita (J.20); Haya-Jita (J. 20) (hayj)
Child Dialect:
Ruri; Ciruri; Eciruri; Eciruuri; Kirori; Kiruri; Kishyola; Luri; Rori (kya-rur)

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