Zanaki language

Zanaki
Zanaki
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region, Musoma Rural District, Makongoro Division
Native speakers	100,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Logooli–Kuria (E.40) Zanaki; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zak
Glottolog	zana1238
Guthrie code	JE.44

Zanaki (Ikizanaki) is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It is spoken by the Zanaki people of Musoma and was the first language of Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, son of the King Burito Nyerere (1860–1942).

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