- Kwavi language
Kwavi is the dialect of Maasai spoken by the
Kwavi orParakuyo (akaBaraguyu ) sub-tribe of theMaasai inTanzania . It was formerly listed as "unclassified" by theEthnologue , which corrected this mistake in the 15th edition by incorporating it in Maasai.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.Bibliography
* T.O. Beidelman. "The Baraguyu", in "Tanganyika notes and records", 1960, no. 55, p. 244-278.
* Arvi Hurskainen. "Plant taxonomy of the Parakuyo (Tanzania)" in "Nordic Journal of African Studies", 1994, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 117-162
* Karsten Legère. 2002. [http://www.african.gu.se/aa/pdfs/aa02legere.pdf The "Languages of Tanzania" Project: background, resources and perspectives] . "Africa and Asia", No. 2, 2002.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mas Maasai on Ethnologue, 15th edition]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=CKG Kwavi on Ethnologue, 14th edition]
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