Iraqw language

Iraqw
Iraqw
Kángw Iraqw
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Manyara Region Arusha Region
Ethnicity	Iraqw
Native speakers	600,000 (2009)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic South Rift West Rift NW Rift Iraqwoid Iraqw; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	irk
Glottolog	iraq1241

Iraqw (/ɪˈrɑːkuː/) is a Cushitic language spoken in Tanzania in the Arusha and Manyara Regions. It is expanding in numbers as the Iraqw people absorb neighbouring ethnic groups. The language has many Datooga loanwords, especially in poetic language. The Gorowa language, to the south, shares numerous similarities and is sometimes considered a dialect.

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