Wanda language

Language
Wanda
Iciwanda
Native toTanzania
EthnicityWanda, Sichela
Native speakers
(24,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3wbh
Glottologwand1264
M.21[2]
ELPWanda
 Sichela[3]

Wanda (also, known as Ichiwanda, Iciwanda, Kiwanda, Vanda, Wandia [4]) is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It is considered a vulnerable language with less than 43,000 native speakers worldwide. At least half of Wanda people speak limited Swahili, one of the official languages of Tanzania. Speakers are particularly concentrated in Kamsamba ward in Momba District Council and Kipeta ward in Sumbawanga District.[5]

References

  1. ^ Wanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Sichela.
  4. ^ "Wanda". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  5. ^ "Did you know Wanda is vulnerable?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
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