Hangaza language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Tanzania}}

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{{Infobox language

|name=Hangaza

|nativename={{lang|han|Kihangaza}}

|states=Tanzania

|ethnicity=Hangaza

|speakers=155,000

|date=2009

|ref = e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu

|fam8=Northeast Bantu

|fam9=Great Lakes Bantu

|fam10=Rwanda-Rundi

|fam11=Hangaza-Shubi

|iso3=han

|glotto=hang1260

|glottorefname=Hangaza

|guthrie=JD.65

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Hangaza is a Bantu language spoken by the Hangaza people of Tanzania. It is closely related to and partially intelligible with the languages of Rwanda and Burundi.

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Category:Languages of Tanzania

Category:Rwanda-Rundi languages

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