Haya language
Encyclopedia
Haya is a Niger–Congo language
spoken by the Haya people
of Tanzania
, in the south and southwest coast of Lake Victoria
. In 1991, the population of Haya speakers was estimated at 1,200,000 people http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hay.
Niger–Congo languages
The Niger–Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families, and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. They may constitute the world's largest language family in terms of distinct languages, although this question...
spoken by the Haya people
Haya (ethnic group)
The Haya are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Bukoba, Muleba and Karagwe Districts of Kagera Region in northwestern Tanzania. In 1991 the Haya population was estimated to number 1,200,000. They speak the Haya language.-Haya History:...
of Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
, in the south and southwest coast of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....
. In 1991, the population of Haya speakers was estimated at 1,200,000 people http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hay.
External links
- http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=hay
- http://www.african.gu.se/tanzania/weblinks.html
- http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/CBOLD/Docs/TLS.html (This webpage contains a Haya wordlist.)