Vwanji language

{{Infobox language

| name = Wanji

| nativename = {{lang|wbi|Ekivwanji}}

| states = Tanzania

| ethnicity = Wanji

| speakers = 28,000

| date = 2003

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

| fam3 = Benue–Congo

| fam4 = Bantoid

| fam5 = Bantu

| fam6 = Northeast Bantu

| fam7 = Bena–Kinga (G60)

| iso3 = wbi

| glotto = vwan1235

| glottorefname = Vwanji

| lingua = [http://linguasphere.info/?page=linguascale&linguacode=99-AUS-ue 99-AUS-ue]

| guthrie = G.66

}}

Wanji, or Vwanji, is a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Phonology

The syllable structure of Vwanji is CV.{{Cite journal |last=Simile |first=Okoa |last2=Upor |first2=Rose Acen |date=2018-09-13 |title=SEGMENTAL ASPECTS OF KƗΒWANɈI PHONOLOGY: A NON-LINEAR REPRESENTATION |url=http://www.journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/uj/article/view/2260 |journal=Utafiti Journal |language=en |volume=12 |issue=1 & 2}}

Writing system

class="wikitable" \|+ Vwanji alphabet{{sfn\|SIL International\|2011}} \| a	aa	b	d	e \| ee	f	g	gh	h \| i
ii	ɨ	ɨɨ	j	k \| l	m	mb	mh	n \| nd
n	ngʼ	ngʼh	nh	nj \| nk	ns	nt	ny	o \| oo
p	s	t	u	uu \| ʉ	ʉʉ	v	w	y \| ʼ

Grammar

Vwangi has twenty noun classes and six series of pronouns. Nouns and certain other word classes may have an augment. Three levels of past tense and two levels of future tense are distinguished. Aspectual distinctions include anterior, persistive and habitual. Future tenses are marked as either certain or uncertain.{{Citation |last=Eaton |first=Helen |title=Vwanji G66 |date=2003 |work=The Bantu Languages |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315755946-21/vwanji-g66-helen-eaton |access-date=2024-02-24 |edition=2 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315755946-21/vwanji-g66-helen-eaton |isbn=978-1-315-75594-6}}

References

Category:Languages of Tanzania

Category:Northeast Bantu languages