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.
These are the present progressive, the present habitual, the past habitual and the perfect, alongside two future tenses and three past tenses.