Gweno (kighonu, to its inhabitants) is a Bantu language spoken in the North Pare Mountains in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania.
The people known as the Gweno (or more properly Asu[3]) are a Chaga ethnic and linguistic group.
[4] Also at the start of the 11th century, the Chaga people descended and migrated from the Bantu group in which they migrated to the foothills of mount Kilimanjaro.
The Gweno language is today spoken mostly by older adults, with younger generations having shifted to Asu and Swahili.
[4] The generational shift from Gweno to either Asu or Swahili has certainly created shifts in dialect, however Gweno speakers do not see this as a threat.