Kabwa language

Kabwa
Kabwa
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Native speakers	14,000 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Logooli–Kuria (E.40) Kabwa; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cwa
Glottolog	kabw1241
Guthrie code	JE.405
ELP	Kabwa

Kabwa (Ekikabwa) is a Bantu language of northern Tanzania.

According to the Kabwa orthography statement published by SIL, Kabwa was spoken by approximately 8500 people in 2007. Kabwa is described in the orthography statement as a distinct language, although similar to Sweta and Kiroba (see Kuria language and Suba-Simbiti language), and having no dialects.