Luguru is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...

spoken by the

Luguru people The Luguru also known as Rugulu, Lugulu and historically included the Kami people, Kami (''Waluguru'', in Swahili language, Swahili) are a Bantu people, Bantu, matrilineal ethnic group from northern Morogoro Region of Tanzania specifically indi ...

of the

Morogoro region Morogoro Region (''Mkoa wa Morogoro'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. It covers an area of . and is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Ireland. M ...

and the Pwani region of

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. The name is also spelled ''Lughuru, Lugulu, Ruguru.'' It is closely related to Gogo and

Zaramo The Zaramo people, also referred to as Dzalamo or Saramo (''Wazaramo'', in Swahili language, Swahili), are a Bantu peoples, Bantu ethnic group native to the central eastern coast of Tanzania, particularly the Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Regio ...

, but is not intelligible with other languages.

References

Languages of Tanzania Northeast Coast Bantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub