Ngasa

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A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3
nsg
Alternate Names
Kingasa, Kingassa, Ongamo, Shaka
User Population

No known L1 speakers. 15 semi-speakers in 2003 (Legère 2012).

Location

Kilimanjaro region: Rombo district, Useri division, Ubetu-Kahe sub-division, Ubetu.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Nilotic, Eastern, Lotuxo-Teso, Lotuxo-Maa, Ongamo-Maa
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 60% with Maasai [mas], 59% with Samburu [saq], 58% with the Chamus dialect of Samburu.

Language Use

Shifted to Mochi [old], Seri dialect (Legère 2012).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ngasa
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].