Kwʼadza (Qwadza), orNgomvia, is an extinctSouth Cushitic language formerly spoken inTanzania in theMbulu District. The last speaker died sometime between 1976 and 1999.^[1]

Kwʼadza is poorly attested, and apart from perhaps being close toAasax, its classification is not certain. Although it has a large number of identifiably Cushitic roots, the non-Cushitic numeralsitame 'one' andbeʼa ~ mbɛa 'two' suggest a connection withHadza, whilehaka 'four' suggests a connection withSandawe. It is possible that Kwʼadza borrowed e.g. 'four' from Sandawe, but also that it was a non-Cushitic language whose speakers were undergoinglanguage shift to Cushitic when it was recorded.^{[citation needed]}

The phonology is not certain, but the following has been suggested (Ehret 1980):

/ɡ/ and/l/ have the allophones[dʒ] and[ɽ] before front vowels./tʃʼ/ is 'mildly' ejective. Ehret reports that/kʼ/ and/kʼʷ/ are voiced[ɡ,ɡʷ] if a preceding consonant is voiced.

• Christopher Ehret, 1980. "Kwʼadza vocabulary". ms.

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