Luguru language
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Luguru is a Bantu language spoken by the
Luguru people The Luguru are a matrilineal ethnic and linguistic group from Pwani Region and Morogoro Region in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa withi ...
of the
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 ...
and the
Pwani region Pwani Region (''Mkoa wa Pwani'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The word "''Pwani''" in Swahili means the "''coast''". The regional capital is the town of Kibaha. The Region borders the Tanga Region to the north, M ...
of
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 ...
. The name is also spelled ''Lughuru, Lugulu, Ruguru.'' It is closely related to Gogo and Zaramo, but is not intelligible with other languages.


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