Waha | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Tanzania | 1.5 Million |
| Languages | |
| Ha Tanzanian English | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hangaza, Jiji, Sumbwa & other Bantu peoples | |
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The Ha, also called Abaha (Waha in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group found in Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania bordering Lake Tanganyika.[1][2] In 2001, the Ha population was estimated to number between 1 and 1.5 million, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in ethnically diverse Tanzania.[1][3][4]
Their language is a Bantu language,[5] and is called the Ha language, also called Kiha, Ikiha or Giha. It is closely related to the Kirundi and Kinyarwanda spoken in neighbouring Burundi and Rwanda, and belongs to the Niger-Congo family of languages.[4]
- ^ a b Ha people, Tanzania
- ^ David Lawrence (2009). Tanzania and Its People. New Africa Press. pp. 25, 102–104. ISBN 978-1-4414-8692-9.
- ^ James Stuart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
- ^ a b Languages of Tanzania
- ^ Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.