Kinga language explained

Kinga
Nativename:	Ekikinga
States:	Tanzania
Ethnicity:	Kinga, Magoma
Date:	2003
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Benue–Congo
Fam4:	Bantoid
Fam5:	Bantu
Fam6:	Northeast Bantu
Fam7:	Bena–Kinga (G60)
Fam8:	Kinga-Magoma
Iso3:	zga
Glotto:	nucl1379
Glottorefname:	Kinga
Guthrie:	G.65

Kinga is a Bantu language of the Kinga tribe in Tanzania. It is closely related to Magoma, but mutual intelligibility is low.

Further reading

Book: Kähler-Meyer, Emmi . 1969 . Gibt es sprachhistorische Beziehungen der Töne im Kinga (Tanzania)? . Ethnological and linguistic studies in honour of N. J. van Warmelo . 1–12 . Pretoria . Government Printer (South Africa).
Philippson . Gérard . 1991 . fr . Tons et Accent dans les Langues Bantu d'Afrique Orientale: Étude Comparative Typologique et Diachronique . Université de Paris V - René Descartes . PhD . 490044838.
Sanga . Edison . 2018 . Assessment of Language Endangerment in the Kinga Speech Community: Makete District --- Tanzania . University of Dodoma . MA .
Schadeberg . Thilo C. . 1973 . Kinga: a restricted tone language . Studies in African Linguistics . 4 . 1 . 23–48.
Schadeberg . Thilo C. . 1971 . Zur Lautstruktur des Kinga (Tanzania) . Marburg . Philipps-Universität . PhD . de.
Schadeberg . Thilo C. . 1969 . Die Sippen-Tabus der Kinga . Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte . 12 . 34–41. 10.1163/157007369X00039 . 1887/8793 . free .