Alternate Names: Kivwanji, Kiwanji, Wanji
Genealogy:
Demographics: 28,000 (2003 SIL).
Language Use: Adolescents prefer Swahili [swh]. Those who stay in the area often go back to Vwanji when they get older. Private domains. All ages. Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Very low. SIL has transition literacy work (Swahili to Vwanji); some pre-school basic literacy classes. Bible portions: 1979–2012.
Typology: SVO; Prepositions; Noun Head Initial; Noun classes; Verbal affixation for subject, object, tense, aspect, mood and derivation; 25 consonant phonemes; 14 vowel phonemes, 7 qualities; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Tanzania
Other Comments: Christian (Protestant).