'Kivunjo' (also Vunjo) is a
Bantu language, spoken mainly in
Tanzania and by some over the border in
Kenya, by approximately 300,000 people (1992 UBS). It is spoken in the Chaga area of the
Kilimanjaro region. Kivunjo is closely related to the other
Chaga languages Rombo, Moshi, and Machame languages, with which it is said to form a
dialect continuum.
Bibliography
★ Dalgish, Gerard M. (1978) 'The syntax and semantics of the morpheme ni in kiVunjo (Chaga)', ''Kiswahili'', 48, 1, 42–56.
★ Philippson, Gérard (1984) '"Gens des bananeraies" (Tanzanie): contribution linguistique à l'histoire culturelle des Chaga du Kilimanjaro' (Cahier no. 16.) Paris: Editions Recherche sur les civilisations.
External links
★
Ethnologue report on Vunjo