Kiha

E177052

Kiha is a Bantu language spoken by the Ha people of the Kigoma region in western Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kiha canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
Vinza language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ha people ⓘ
glottocode kiha1239 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Giha ⓘ
Ha ⓘ
Kgiha ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
influencedBy Swahili (lexical borrowing) ⓘ
ISO639-3Code jih ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
macrolanguage Bantu languages ⓘ
nationalLanguageOf none (not an official national language) ⓘ
region western Tanzania ⓘ
spokenAlong eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
spokenBy Ha people ⓘ
spokenIn Kigoma Region ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
Northeast Bantu languages ⓘ
usedBy Ha people in daily communication ⓘ
usedIn traditional Ha cultural practices ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ha people → language → Kiha ⓘ