Jita

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The Jita are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting areas around Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania.

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Jita canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
continent Africa
country Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania
linked to: Tanzania
countryCapital Dodoma
countryLargestCity Dar es Salaam
countrySubdivision Kagera Region
Mara Region
Mwanza Region
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania
ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
hasAlternativeName Bajita
Wajita
hasDemonym Mjita
hasLanguageCode jit
hasPluralDemonym Wajita
inhabits areas around Lake Victoria
language Jita language
languageBranch Bantoid languages
Benue-Congo languages
Niger-Congo languages
languageFamily Bantu languages
locatedNear Lake Victoria
neighboringEthnicGroups Haya
Kuria
Sukuma
Zanaki
partOf Bantu peoples of East Africa
linked to: Bantu peoples
primaryLanguage Jita language
region northwestern Tanzania
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
subregion East Africa
traditionalArea southern shores of Lake Victoria
traditionalEconomicActivity agriculture
cattle keeping
fishing
usesLanguage English
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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