The Kami are an ethnic and linguistic group in
Morogoro Region
Morogoro Region (''Mkoa wa Morogoro'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Ireland. Morogoro Region is border ...
,
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
. In 2000 the Kami population was estimated to be 16,411.
[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ]
The
Kami language is a
Bantu language, sharing substantial lexical similarities with
Kutu,
Kwere,
Zaramo,
Doe, and
Luguru.
References
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
Indigenous peoples of East Africa
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