Native speakers 30,000 (date missing) | Ethnicity Kwavi people Glottolog para1304 | |
Language family Nilo-Saharan?Eastern SudanicEastern NiloticLotuxo-TesoLotuxo-MaaMaaMaasaiKwavi | ||
Kwavi is the dialect of Maasai spoken by the Kwavi people (a.k.a. Parakuyo or Baraguyu) of Tanzania. According to Hurskainen (1994), "The Parakuyo (earlier also called Ilparakuyo, Baraguyu, Kwavi, Lumbwa, and Iloikop) are a Maa-speaking ethnic group scattered over a large area in the northeastern and central parts of Tanzania", while Beidelman (1960) confirms that "Kwavi" and "Baraguyu" are synonymous.
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Kwavi dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA