Native to Tanzania Native speakers 30,000 (date missing) | Ethnicity Kwavi people Glottolog para1304 | |
Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Eastern Nilotic
Lotuxo-Teso
Lotuxo-Maa
Maa
Maasai
Kwavi | ||
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.
References
Kwavi dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA