Chidigo
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A language of Kenya
Alternate Names
Digo, Kidigo
Autonym
Chidigo
User Population
410,000 in Kenya (2019 census), increasing, based on ethnicity. Total users in all countries: 576,000.
Location
Kwale county: south of Mombasa.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
Chichifundi, Chichinondo, Chigwirani. Partially intelligible with Kigiryama [nyf] but most remote from Kigiryama of the Mijikenda subgroup. Lexical similarity: 74% with Chiduruma [dug], 72% with Chichonyi [coh] and Kiswahili [swh], 71% with Kiswahili dialects Mrima and Mvita, 67% with Amu [swh], 62% with Bajun [swh], 58% with Upper Pokomo [pkb].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Literature. Radio. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible: 2020.
9 ethnic groups form the Mijikenda community. Moderate degree of Kiswahili [swh] and Islamic cultural influence. Digo is the tribal name. Muslim.