Jita language

Jita is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria/Nyanza and on the island of Ukerewe.

Jita
Ecijita
Native toTanzania
RegionMara Region
EthnicityJita people
Native speakers
210,000 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jit
Glottologjita1239
JE.25[2]
Title page of the New Testament in Jita
  1. ^ Jita at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online