Kwaya language

Kwaya
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	120,000 (2005)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu East Nyanza Suguti Kwaya
Dialects	Kwaya Ruri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kya
Glottolog	kway1241
Guthrie code	JE.251,253[2]

Kwaya is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Kwaya people. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects; Maho (2009) separates Ruri from Kwaya as equally distinct.

References

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