Haya (Oruhaya) is a
Bantu language spoken by the
Haya people of
Tanzania, in the south and southwest coast of
Lake Victoria. In 1991, the population of Haya speakers was estimated at 1,200,000 people
[1]. Its closest relative is the
Nyambo language and it is also closely related to the languages of southwest Uganda such as
Nkore-Kiga,
Rutooro and
Runyoro which all form a group called
Rutara.
Maho (2009) classifies JE221 Rashi as closest to Haya.[2] It has no ISO code, but is covered by the
ISO 639-3 code hay.
When a high vowel /i,u/ precedes a non-high vowel, it is realized as an approximant sound [j,w].
Tones
Two tones are present in Haya; high /v́/ and low /v̀/.[3]
Grammar
Tense
Haya has nine tenses. These are the
present progressive, the
present habitual, the
past habitual and the
perfect, alongside two future tenses and three past tenses. The future tense F2 refers to the distant future whilst F1 refers to the near future. P1 refers to the most recent past - events that have occurred earlier in the day, P2 refers to events that happened yesterday and P3, the most distant past, refers to events that happened before yesterday.[3]
See also
Betbeder, Paul; Jones, John. 1949. A handbook of the Haya language. Bukoba (Tanganyika): White Fathers Printing Press.
Byarushengo, Ernest Rugwa; Duranti, Alessandro; Hyman, Larry M[ichael]. (Eds.) 1977. Haya grammatical structure: phonology, grammar, discourse. (Southern California occasional papers in linguistics (SCOPIL), no 6.) Los Angeles: Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California. Pp 213.
Herrmann, [Kapitän] C. 1904. Lusíba, die Sprache der Länder Kisíba, Bugábu, Kjamtwára, Kjánja und Ihángiro. Mitteilungen des Seminars für orientalische Sprachen, 7 (III. Abt.), pp. 150–200.
Kaji, Shigeki. (Ed.) 1998. Haya. (Textbooks for language training.) Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Kaji, Shigeki. 2000. Haya vocabulary. (Asian and African lexicon series, no 37.) Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Pp 532.
ISBN4-87297-772-6
Kuijpers, Em. 1922. Grammaire de la langue haya. Boxtel (Hollande): Prokuur van de Witte Paters. Pp 294.
Maho, Jouni & Bonny Sands. 2002. The languages of Tanzania: a bibliography. (Orientalia et africana gothoburgensia, no 17.) Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. Pp ix, 428.
ISBN91-7346-454-6
Rehse, Hermann. 1912/13. Die Sprache der Baziba in Deutsch-Ostafrika. Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen, 3, pp. 1–33, 81–123, 201–229.
References
^Haya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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abByarushengo, Ernest R.; Duranti, Alessandro; Hyman, Larry M. (1977). Haya Grammatical Structure. Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics, 6: Los Angeles: Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California. pp. 3–7.{{
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