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Taita language

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Taita, or Daw'ida, is a Bantu language spoken in the Taita Hills of Kenya. [1]

16 relations: Atlantic–Congo languages, Bantoid languages, Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Chaga languages, Kenya, Lateral consonant, Loanword, Northeast Bantu languages, Pare language, Taita Cushitic languages, Taita Hills, Taita language, Taita people, Tanzania, Taveta people.

Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages are a major division constituting the core of the Niger–Congo language family of Africa, characterised by the noun class systems typical of the family.

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Bantoid languages

Bantoid is a putative major division of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo language family.

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Bantu languages

The Bantu languages (English:, Proto-Bantu: */baⁿtʊ̀/) technically the Narrow Bantu languages, as opposed to "Wide Bantu", a loosely defined categorization which includes other "Bantoid" languages are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu peoples throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Benue–Congo languages

Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Chaga languages

Chaga, also Kichaga or Kichagga, is a Bantu dialect continuum spoken by the Chaga people of northern Tanzania, south of Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Lateral consonant

A lateral is an l-like consonant in which the airstream proceeds along the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through the middle of the mouth.

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Loanword

A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word adopted from one language (the donor language) and incorporated into another language without translation.

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Northeast Bantu languages

The Northeast Bantu languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in East Africa.

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Pare language

Pare (Kipare), also known as Asu (Casu, Chasu, Athu, Chathu), is a Northeast Coast Bantu spoken by the Pare people of Tanzania.

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Taita Cushitic languages

Taita Cushitic is an extinct pair of South Cushitic languages, spoken by Cushitic peoples inhabiting the Taita Hills of Kenya, before they were assimilated into the Bantu population.

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Taita Hills

The Taita Hills, sometimes also spelled as Teita Hills, are a precambrian mountain range located in the Taita-Taveta County in south-eastern Kenya.

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Taita language

Taita, or Daw'ida, is a Bantu language spoken in the Taita Hills of Kenya.

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Taita people

The Taita people (the Wataita or Wadawida) are a Kenyan ethnic group located in the Taita-Taveta County.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Taveta people

Taveta is the name of a tribe of East Africa.

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Redirects here:

Dabida dialect, Dabida language, Dawida language, ISO 639:dav, ISO 639:tga, ISO 639:tvs, Kasigau dialect, Sagala dialect, Sagala dialect (Kenya), Sagala language (Kenya), Sagalla language, Saghala language, Taveta dialect, Taveta language, Tubeta language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taita_language

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