Luguru

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A language of Tanzania

Alternate Names
Cilugulu, Guru, Ikiruguru, Kiluguru, Kiruguru, Lughuru, Lugulu, Ruguru
User Population

404,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).

Location

Morogoro region: Kilosa and Morogoro districts; Pwani region: Bagamoyo district, Luguru mountains, and Dar es Salaam; central Zanzibar.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 54% with Kami [kcu].

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Texts. NT: 2014.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Matrilineal. Muslim.