Zinza language

Zinza
Ecizinza
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Lake Victoria
Ethnicity	Zinza
Native speakers	(140,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Zinza
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zin
Glottolog	zinz1238
Guthrie code	JE.23

Zinza (Dzinda) is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on the southern shore of Lake Victoria.

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.