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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Tanzania > Hehe

Hehe

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3heh

Population  805,000 (2006).
Region  Iringa region, south of Gogo.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 83
Alternate names   Kihehe
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 65% with Bena [bez] (most similar), 59% with Pangwa [pbr], 56% with Sangu [sbp], 50% with Kinga [zga], 48% with Vwanji [wbi].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Bena-Kinga (G.60)
Language use  Vigorous.
Language development  Bible portions: 2000.