Kaguru (Kagulu) is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
The t ...
of the
Morogoro and
Dodoma
Dodoma ( in Gogo), officially Dodoma City, is the national capital of Tanzania and the capital of the Dodoma Region, with a population of 410,956.
In 1974, the Tanzanian government announced that the capital would be moved to Dodoma for social a ...
regions of
Tanzania
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. It is closely related to
Gogo and
Zaramo
The Zaramo people, also referred to as Dzalamo or Saramo, are a Bantu ethnic group native to the central coast of Tanzania, particularly Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Region. They are the largest ethnic group in and around Dar es Salaam, the for ...
, but is not intelligible with other languages.
References
Further reading
* Accessed 12 Jan. 2023.
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* Accessed 12 Jan. 2023.
External links
''Grammar of the Kagúru language'' By J T. Last (1886)
Languages of Tanzania
Northeast Coast Bantu languages
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