Jita is a Northeast Bantu language spoken by about 210,000 people in the Mara Region in northern Tanzania, on the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria / Nyanza, and on the island of Ukerewe.
Jita is also known as Echijita or Ecijiita or Ecijita or Kijita. The people who speak it call it Ecijita and themsleves Wajita. It is closely related to the Kwaya and Ruri languages, and is written with the Latin alphabet.
Kara awo mu-chaaro cha Emajita bhaariga bhari-wo abhamura abhabhiri, owumwi ^naatogwa Nyamanyimooche, owundi ^naatogwa Muyigasiku. Nyamanyimooche na Muyigasiku bhaariga bheekasyanyiisye aamwi oruguyo orumwi.
Once upon a time in the country of Majita there were two young boys, one named Nyamanyimooche, the other was called Muyigasiku. Nyamanyimooche and Muyigasiku were neighbors in one village.
Some details of Jita provided by Michael Peter Füstumum
Information about Jita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jita_language
https://lughayangu.com/jita
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/jit/
http://www.language-archives.org/language/jit
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