Sagala

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Kisagala, Kisagara, Sagalla, Sagara, Saghala, Southern Kisagala

111,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009). Includes 4,000 Kwiva.

Dodoma region: Mpwapwa district; Iringa region; Morogoro region: Kilosa and Ulanga districts.

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6b* (Threatened).

Itumba, Kondoa (Solwe), Kweny, Nkwifiya (Kwifa, Kwiva). Lexical similarity: 63% with Kagulu [kki], 60% with Gogo [gog].

Low vitality. Shifting to Swahili. Also use Swahili [swh].

Unwritten [Qaax].

Different from Sagalla [tga] which is in Taita group of Kenya. Matrilineal. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.