Zaramo language
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| Zaramo | |
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| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Pwani Region |
| Ethnicity | 657,000 (2000)[1] |
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Native speakers
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unknown ("few" cited 1991)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zaj |
| Glottolog | zara1247[2] |
G.33[3] |
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Zaramo is a Niger–Congo language, formerly the primary tongue of the Zaramo people of eastern Tanzania. Today there are very few speakers, as the Zaramo population mainly use Swahili instead. The language is also known as Zalamo, Kizaramo, Dzalamo, Zaramu, Saramo or Myagatwa.[4]
The New Testament was published in the language in 1975.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zaramo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ethnologue report for language code: zaj
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