Central Kilimanjaro language

Central Kilimanjaro
Central Kilimanjaro
Central Chaga
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Kilimanjaro
Ethnicity	Chaga
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Chaga–Taita Chaga Central Kilimanjaro; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Mochi; Uru; Mbokomu; Wuunjo;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; vun – Wunjo; old – Mochi
Glottolog	vunj1238 Vunjo; moch1256 Mochi
Guthrie code	E.622 (ex-E.62a,62b)

Central Kilimanjaro, or Central Chaga, is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Chaga people.

There are several dialects:^[1]

Moshi (Old Moshi, Mochi, Kimochi)
Uru
Mbokomu
Wuunjo (Wunjo, Vunjo, Kivunjo), including Kiruwa, Kilema, Mamba, Moramu (Marangu), Mwika

Moshi is the language of the Chaga cultural capital, Moshi, and the prestige dialect of the Chaga languages.