Iraqw | |
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Kángw Iraqw | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Region | Manyara, Arusha |
Ethnicity | Iraqw |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2009)[1] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | irk |
Glottolog | iraq1241 |
Iraqw (/ɪˈrɑːkuː/[2]) 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.[clarification needed] 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.