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Zinza language

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Zinza
Ecizinza
Native toTanzania
RegionLake Victoria
EthnicityZinza
Native speakers
(140,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3zin
Glottologzinz1238
JE.23[2]

Zinza (Dzinda) is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on the southern shore of Lake Victoria.

References

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  1. ^ Zinza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Further reading

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  • Kulwa, Bahati (2016). Assessment of Zinza Language Lexical Change: A Case of Kome Island Sengerema District (MA thesis). University of Dodoma. hdl:20.500.12661/1127.
  • Odden, David (2000). "The phrasal tonology of Zinza". Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 21 (1). Walter de Gruyter: 45–76. doi:10.1515/jall.2000.21.1.45.
  • Odom, Shannon Ronit (2016). The Grammar Basics of Zinza. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
  • Rubanza, Yunus Ismail (2008). Lizinza: msamiati wa Luzinza-Kiswahili-Kiingereza na Kiingereza-Luzinza-Kiswahili. Languages of Tanzania. Vol. 8. Dept. of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, University of Dar es Salaam. ISBN 9789987691104. OCLC 433553465.
  • Rubanza, Yunus Ismail (2008). Luzinza lexicon. Languages of Tanzania. Vol. 9. Dept. of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Univ. of Dar es Salaam.