West Kilimanjaro language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Chaga people}}

{{Infobox language

|name=West Kilimanjaro

|nativename=West Chaga

|states=Tanzania

|region=Machame, Kilimanjaro Region

|ethnicity=Chaga

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Southern Bantoid

|fam6=Bantu

|fam7=Northeast Bantu

|fam8=Chaga–Taita

|fam9=Chaga

|lc1=jmc|ld1=Machame

|lc2=rwk|ld2=Rwa

|glotto=west2852

|glottorefname=West Kilimanjaro

|guthrie=E.621 (ex-E.61,62a)

}}

West Kilimanjaro, or West Chaga, is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Chaga people.

There are several dialects:

• Rwa (Rwo, Meru, Kirwo), or Meru, from Mount Meru
• Mashami (Kimashame), or "Hai" (Kihai)
• Siha
• Kiwoso (Kibosho including Kindi, Kombo, Mweka)
• Masama
• Ng’uni