Kagulu language

Bantu language of Tanzania
Kaguru
Native toTanzania
Native speakers
240,000 (2006 Census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3kki
Glottologkagu1239
G.12[2]

Kaguru (Kagulu) is a Bantu language of the Morogoro and Dodoma regions of Tanzania. It is closely related to Gogo and Zaramo, but is not intelligible with other languages.

References

  1. ^ Kaguru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Further reading

  • Beidelman, T. O. (1963). "195. Some Kaguru Riddles". Man. 63: 158–60. doi:10.2307/2795704. JSTOR 2795704. Accessed 12 Jan. 2023.
  • Beidelman, T. O. (1963a). "Five Kaguru Texts". Anthropos. 58 (5/6): 737–72. JSTOR 40456042.
  • Beidelman, Thomas O. (1965). "Six Kaguru Tales: The Traditional Folklore of an East African Bantu People". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 90 (1): 17–41. JSTOR 25840979. Accessed 12 Jan. 2023.

External links

  • Grammar of the Kagúru language By J T. Last (1886)
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