Harshen Jita

Guthrie (1967) ya rarraba Jita a cikin Yankin Bantu E, Rukuni na 20 saboda, kamar sauran harsuna a wannan yanki, yana da prefixes biyu (prefixes ko augmentations  ) akan sunaye, "wadatar da ba ta misaltuwa" ta lokutan fi'ili da kuma lokutan negative na gaskiya tare da prefix na musamman. Aikin da aka yi kwanan nan (Bastin 2003, Maho 2009) ya rarraba Jita a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Interlacustrine Bantu (Zone J). Musamman ma, Jita memba ne na ƙungiyar Suguti Bantu, tare da lambar Guthrie JE.25.

Kwaya (KYA, JE.251); Kara (REG), Regi/Leki (duka JE.252); da Ruri/Rori (JE.253) suna da alaƙa da Jita. Yayin da Glottolog ya ɗauki Ruri a matsayin yaren Kwaya,  Massamba (1977) nazarin kwatanci na Jita, Ruri da Kwaya ya nuna cewa Ruri yana kama da Jita, yayin da Jita da Ruri ke nuna bambance-bambance da yawa daga Kwaya.

 Ilimin sauti 

 Wasula da tsarin wasali 
Jita yana da tsarin wasali guda biyar - da tsayin daka - wanda aka kwatanta a teburin da ke ƙasa.
Gaba Tsakiya Baya Kusa i iː ku ː Tsakar eː oː Bude da aː
Kamar yadda yake a yawancin harsunan Bantu, haɗin kai na tsayin wasali (VHH) yana rinjayar ingancin wasula a cikin karin magana, ta yadda kawai tushen tushen wasalin fi’ili ya bambanta da ingancin wasali. Tsawon wasali ba ya ƙare bayan jerin baƙaƙe-glide da jeri na gaba na NC, inda ake samun dogayen wasulan kawai saboda tsarin da aka sani a cikin adabin Bantu azaman tsawaita diyya . (Duba Downing 1990, 1996 da Bayanin Orthography na Jita  don misalan waɗannan matakai daga Jita; duba Hyman 1999 da Odden 2015  don tattaunawa na gaba ɗaya na waɗannan hanyoyin sauti.)

 Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi 
Jita tana da alamun IPA masu zuwa.
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Sanarwar Jita Orthography "Jita orthography statement" (PDF). ta lura cewa [p] da [d] galibi ana samun su a cikin kalmomin aro. Da alama akwai bambanci mai yawa a cikin fahimtar sautin ruwa. Downing (1990, 1996) ya ce ana gane ruwa daban-daban a matsayin [l] ko [r] kuma yana zaɓar [l] a matsayin phoneme, tunda yana da alama shine bambancin da aka fi tabbatarwa a cikin tushen (morpheme) matsayi na farko. Van der Weken (2002) ya lura da bambancin tsakanin [l] da retroflex na gefe, maimakon trill [r]. Sanarwar Jita Orthography  ta lissafa [r] a matsayin phoneme kuma ba ta ambaci bambancin a cikin cikar ta ba.

 Sauti 
Kamar yawancin yarukan Bantu, Jita yana da sauti. Downing (1990), (1996), da (2014), da Ruwa Rolle (2018) sun yi cikakken bayani game da tsarin sautin Jita. Ayyuka kamar Downing (2011), Kisseberth & Odden (2003), Marlo (2013) da Philippson (1991) sun sanya matakai na Jita a cikin hangen nesa na Bantu.

 Yanayin da aka saba amfani da shi 
Sunayen a cikin Jita, wanda kuma ya haɗa da ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadadden, suna da tsarin morphological mai zuwa: Preprefix (PP) - Class Agreement Prefix (CP) - Stem. Da ke ƙasa akwai ginshiƙi na ƙididdigar yarjejeniya. Lura cewa ana amfani da haruffa na IPA a cikin dukkan ginshiƙai a cikin wannan labarin; duba Jita Orthography Statement  don daidaitattun Jita orthography. Lura cewa N yana nuna hanci wanda ke daidaitawa a wuri zuwa mai zuwa:

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