Pare (language)

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Pare (kipare)

Spoken in

Tanzania
Linguistic
classification
Official status
Official language in nowhere official language
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

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ISO 639 -2 ( B ) - ( T ) -
ISO 639-3

asa

Pare (own name Kipare , also called Asu , Chasu , Athu or Chathu ) is a Bantu language that is spoken by half a million people in Tanzania .

The speakers call themselves Pare ( Wapare ) and live in the Pare Mountains in the vicinity of Kilimanjaro . Most speak Swahili as a second language, some also speak English.

Pare belongs to the Guthrie zone G20 and is closely related to the Taveta .

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