• Maʼa is a Bantu language of Tanzania. The Mbugu people speak two divergent registers, which have been treated as separate languages by some authorities...
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    Cobalt (category Articles containing Mbugu-language text)
    Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27. As with nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in a chemically combined...
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    District in Tanga Region of Tanzania. Tanzania's Mbugu (or Ma'á) language is one of the few true hybrid languages, combining Bantu grammar with Cushitic lexicon...
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  • they fall within Bantu zones G and E. The languages, or clusters, are: Pare-Taveta (G20+E70): Pareic Pare, Mbugu Taveta Sabaki (G40+E70): Swahili, Nyika...
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  • either the word N'kima ('monkey' in the Mbugu language, a regional dialect of Swahili), or, after the Meru language nickname for Ugali, a dish popular in...
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    element of Mbugu (Ma'a) and Ongota. There is a wide range of opinions as to how the languages are interrelated. The positions of the Dullay languages and of...
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  • mixed language: The case of Ma'a/Mbugu. Creole language library (No. 26). Amsterdam: J. Benjamins Pub. Co. Sebba, Mark (1997). Contact Languages: Pidgins...
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  • known of the language; what is recorded was probably Aasa lexical words used in a register of Maasai, similar to the mixed language Mbugu. Asa is usually...
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    reputedly combining Chasu (Bantu) grammar with Cushitic vocabulary (i.e. Mbugu language). The Pare were the main producers of iron for which there was considerable...
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  • (Southern Cushitic) Mous, Maarten (2003). The Making of a Mixed Language: The Case of Ma'a/Mbugu. Was there ever a Southern Cushitic Language (Pre-)Ma'a?...
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  • Oromo, Somali, and Yaaku–Dullay. The vocabulary of the mixed register of Mbugu (Ma'a) may also be East Cushitic (Tosco 2002), though the grammatical basis...
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  • to the making of Mbugu, a mixed language of the Usambara mountains in Tanzania. Yaaku at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Yaaku language at Ethnologue (18th...
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    Cushitic languages on the Bantu languages that either replaced them (e.g. Taita Cushitic) or resulted in a mixed language (i.e. Mbugu language). Most of...
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  • Mixed Language: The Case of Ma'a/Mbugu. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2003, ISBN 978-90-272-5248-7, p. 32. Ethnologue. Languages of Tanzania...
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  • List of contemporary ethnic groups (category CS1 Turkish-language sources (tr))
    group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...
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    Coastal Bantu languages. This is a group which includes Swahili; however, Swahili is not mutually intelligible with Sambaa. The Mbugu, an immigrant Cushitic...
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    Kaguru G20: G21 [E74a] Tubeta, G22 Asu, G23 Shambala, G24 Bondei, [G221 Mbugu (Bantu register)] G30: G31 Zigula, G32 Ngwele, G33 Zaramo, G34 Ngulu, G35...
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    conflicts, a fact attributed to the unifying influence of the Swahili language. The ethnic groups mentioned here are mostly differentiated based on ethnolinguistic...
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  • comrade Mbèle = wrong Mbémbu = voice Mbèngi = ravine, precipice Mbingu = food Mbugu = mouthful Mbùnge = crab shell Mbunge = smell Mbwélili = star Mengu = sharp...
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    Digo people, nearly all Muslims, speak the Digo language, called Chidigo by speakers, a Bantu language. The Mijikenda, whose name means "the nine kaya"...
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  • 1999, the Dhaiso population was estimated to number 5,000, and the Dhaiso language is not being transmitted by adults to children. The Dhaiso are historically...
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  • Southern Cushitic: Burungi (Mbulungu), Goroa (Fiome), Alawa (Uwassi), Iraqw, Mbugu, Sanye [= Dahalo], Ngomvia (added 1966) III.E Chad III.E.1 III.E.1.a Hausa...
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    Tanga, Tanzania (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Tanga District Native Peoples Sambaa Zigua Digo Dhaiso Segeju Bondei Ngulu Mbugu National Historic Sites Tongoni Ruins Bombo Kaburi Tanga Island Muhembo...
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  • Magila (category Articles containing Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text)
    Tanga District Native Peoples Sambaa Zigua Digo Dhaiso Segeju Bondei Ngulu Mbugu National Historic Sites Tongoni Ruins Bombo Kaburi Tanga Island Muhembo...
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    Pande Darajani (category Articles containing Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text)
    Tanga District Native Peoples Sambaa Zigua Digo Dhaiso Segeju Bondei Ngulu Mbugu National Historic Sites Tongoni Ruins Bombo Kaburi Tanga Island Muhembo...
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  • This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with M. Index | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u |...
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  • Bondei people (category Bantu languages)
    of eastern Tanga Region in Tanzania. The Bondei speak Kibondei, Bantu language and are culturally related to the Shambaa ethnic group. The name "Bondei"...
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    Mkinga District, Tanga (category Articles containing Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text)
    Tanga District Native Peoples Sambaa Zigua Digo Dhaiso Segeju Bondei Ngulu Mbugu National Historic Sites Tongoni Ruins Bombo Kaburi Tanga Island Muhembo...
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  • south of the Pangani River in Pangani District. They speak the Zigula language. In 1993, the Zigua population was estimated to number 355,000 people,...
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    Pangani (category Articles containing Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text)
    Tanga District Native Peoples Sambaa Zigua Digo Dhaiso Segeju Bondei Ngulu Mbugu National Historic Sites Tongoni Ruins Bombo Kaburi Tanga Island Muhembo...
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