Zanaki language

Zanaki
Zanaki
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region, Musoma Rural District, Makongoro Division
Native speakers	100,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Logooli–Kuria (E.40) Zanaki; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zak
Glottolog	zana1238
Guthrie code	JE.44

Zanaki (Ikizanaki) is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It is spoken by the Zanaki people of Musoma and was the first language of Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere who is also the^[3]son of one of the local chieftains during colonial rule, King Nyerere Burito (1859–1942).

ReferencesEdit

^ Zanaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ Aydemir, Murat (2008). Migratory settings. Rodopi. p. 102. ISBN 90-420-2425-9.

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[e18-1] Zanaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Aydemir, Murat (2008). Migratory settings. Rodopi. p. 102. ISBN 90-420-2425-9.

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