Central Kilimanjaro is a Northeast Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in the northeast of Tanzania, particularly in the Kilimanjaro Region, and also in the neighbouring Arusha Region.
Central Kilimanjaro is also known as Central Chaga. Dialects include Moshi (Kimochi), Uru, Mbokomu and Wunnjo (Wuuncho). The Moshi dialect is considered the most prestigious as it is spoken in Moshi, the cultural capital of the Chaga people. Moshi and Wuunjo are classified as separate languages in some sources.
Download an alphabet chart for Central Kilimanjaro (Excel) Details of Moshi and Wunnjo (PDFs) provided by Wolfram Siegel
Information about Central Kilimanjaro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Kilimanjaro_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaga_people
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/vunj1238
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/moch1256
https://www.academia.edu/19512888/Chagga_A_Grammar_and_Short_Course_in_the_Vunjo_Dialect_of_Kilimanjaro_Tanzania
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 23.06.25. Last modified: 23.06.25
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