Ha language

E177051

Ha language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ha people in western Tanzania, particularly around the shores of Lake Tanganyika.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ha language canonical 2
Ha (language) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language of Tanzania
natural language
alternateName Giha
Iha
Kiha
belongsTo Great Lakes Bantu languages
closelyRelatedTo Kinyarwanda language
linked to: Kinyarwanda

Kirundi language
linked to: Kirundi
continent Africa
country Tanzania
ethnicGroup Ha people
glottologCode haaa1241
guthrieClassification JD66
hasLinguisticFeature noun class system
tone language
hasNeighborLanguage Bembe language
Fipa language
Swahili language
hasSpeakersIn Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SVO
iso639-3Code haq
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo
languageFamily Niger–Congo
languageGroup Benue–Congo
languageSubgroup Bantoid
Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
partOf Niger–Congo language family
primaryRegion shores of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania
region East Africa
spokenIn Kigoma Region
Tanzania
around Lake Tanganyika
western Tanzania
subfamilyOf Bantu languages
usedBy Ha ethnic group
usedIn daily communication among Ha people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ha people language Ha language
Kirundi closelyRelatedTo Ha (language)
linked to: Ha language
Rwanda-Rundi hasPart Ha language