Kinga language

{{Infobox language

|name=Kinga

|nativename={{lang|zga|Ekikinga}}

|ethnicity=Kinga, Magoma

|speakers={{sigfig|149,000|2}}

|date=2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam5=Bantu

|fam7=Bena–Kinga (G60)

|fam8=Kinga-Magoma

|iso3=zga

|glotto=nucl1379

|glottorefname=Kinga

|guthrie=G.65

}}

Kinga is a Bantu language of the Kinga tribe in Tanzania. It is closely related to Magoma, but mutual intelligibility is low.

References

{{cite book |last=Kähler-Meyer |first=Emmi |year=1969 |chapter=Gibt es sprachhistorische Beziehungen der Töne im Kinga (Tanzania)? |title=Ethnological and linguistic studies in honour of N. J. van Warmelo |pages=1–12 |location=Pretoria |publisher=Government Printer (South Africa)}}
{{cite thesis |last=Philippson |first=Gérard |year=1991 |lang=fr |title=Tons et Accent dans les Langues Bantu d'Afrique Orientale: Étude Comparative Typologique et Diachronique |publisher=Université de Paris V - René Descartes |degree=PhD |oclc=490044838}}
{{cite thesis |last=Sanga |first=Edison |year=2018 |title=Assessment of Language Endangerment in the Kinga Speech Community: Makete District --- Tanzania |publisher=University of Dodoma |degree=MA |url=https://www.academia.edu/37787966}}
{{cite journal |last=Schadeberg |first=Thilo C. |year=1973 |title=Kinga: a restricted tone language |journal=Studies in African Linguistics |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=23–48}}
{{cite thesis |last=Schadeberg |first=Thilo C. |year=1971 |title=Zur Lautstruktur des Kinga (Tanzania) |location=Marburg |publisher=Philipps-Universität |degree=PhD |lang=de}}
{{cite journal |last=Schadeberg |first=Thilo C. |year=1969 |title=Die Sippen-Tabus der Kinga |journal=Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte |volume=12 |pages=34–41|doi=10.1163/157007369X00039 |hdl=1887/8793 |hdl-access=free }}