Ngulu

Primary tabs

Geja, Kingulu, Kinguu, Nguru, Nguu, Wayomba

215,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).

Dodoma region; Manyara region: 2 areas; Morogoro region: Morogoro rural district; Pwani region: northwest; Tanga region: Handeni district.

Language Maps

6a (Vigorous).

Masagalo (Tunguli), Matale (Dole). Lexical similarity: 83% with Zigula [ziw], 73% with Bondei [bou], 68% with Shambala [ksb].

Used by all. Also use Swahili [swh].

Texts. NT: 2014.

Latin script [Latn].

Different from Ngulu [ngl] of Mozambique and Malawi. Matrilineal. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.