Rusa language

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

{{distinguish|Arusha dialect}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Rusa

|nativename=Arusha-Chini

|states=Tanzania

|region=Kilimanjaro Region

|ethnicity=

|speakers=?

|date=

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Northeast Bantu

|fam7=Chaga–Taita

|fam8=Chaga

|iso3=

|glotto=arus1242

|glottorefname=Arusha

|guthrie=E.63

}}

The Rusa (Rusha) language, also known as Arusha-Chini, is one of the Bantu languages of Tanzania spoken by the Chaga people. It is spoken in the Chaga area of the Kilimanjaro region, and forms a dialect continuum with other Chaga languages.