Zinza language

Wikipedia

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

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

Further reading

  • 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.