Kahe language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Tanzania}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kahe

|nativename=

|states=Tanzania

|region=near Moshi

|speakers=2,700

|date=1987

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Northeast Bantu

|fam7=Chaga–Taita

|fam8=Chaga

|iso3=hka

|glotto=kahe1238

|glottorefname=Kahe

|guthrie=E.64

}}

The Kahe is an ethnic and linguistic group based southeast of Moshi in Kilimanjaro Region Tanzania. The Kahe language, or Kikahe, is in the Chagga cluster of Bantu languages. Three dialects are recognized: Kimwangaria, Msengoni and Kichangareni.Kahigi, Kulikoyela K. (2008). Kikahe: Msamiati wa Kikahe-Kiswahili-Kiingereza na Kiingereza-Kikahe-Kiswahili (Kahe–Swahili–English and English–Kahe–Swahili Lexicon). Languages of Tanzania Project. {{ISBN|9987-691-15-3}}. Kikahe is spoken by 9,130 people, and is one of the smaller language communities in Tanzania.Muzale, H. & Rugemalira, J. (2008). Researching and Documenting the Languages of Tanzania. LOT Project, University of Dar es Salaam