Vwanji language

Not to be confused with Wandji language, Waanji language, or Vanji language.

Wanji, or Vwanji, is a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Wanji
Ekivwanji
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Wanji
Native speakers	28,000 (2003)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Bena–Kinga (G60) Wanji
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wbi
Glottolog	vwan1235
Guthrie code	G.66[2]
Linguasphere	99-AUS-ue

Phonology

The syllable structure of Vwanji is CV.^[3]

Writing system

Vwanji alphabet^[4]

a	aa	b	d	e	ee	f	g	gh	h	i
ii	ɨ	ɨɨ	j	k	l	m	mb	mh	n	nd
n	ngʼ	ngʼh	nh	nj	nk	ns	nt	ny	o	oo
p	s	t	u	uu	ʉ	ʉʉ	v	w	y	ʼ

Grammar

Vwangi has twenty noun classes and six series of pronouns. Nouns and certain other word classes may have an augment. Three levels of past tense and two levels of future tense are distinguished. Aspectual distinctions include anterior, persistive and habitual. Future tenses are marked as either certain or uncertain.^[5]