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Gogo is a Bantu language spoken by the Gogo people of Dodoma Region in Tanzania. The language is spoken throughout Dodoma Region and into the neighbouring district of Manyoni.

Gogo
Cigogo
RegionDodoma Region and Manyoni (Singida Region), Tanzania
Native speakers
1.4 million (2019)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Writing system
Latin (Gogo alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gog
Glottologgogo1263
G.11[2]

The language is considered to have three dialects: Nyambwa (Cinyambwa or West Gogo), spoken to the west of Dodoma and in Manyoni, Nyaugogo (Cinyaugogo or Central Gogo), spoken in the environs of Dodoma and Tumba (Citumba or East Gogo), spoken to the east. The Gogo group is grouped with Kagulu, which has a 56% lexical similarity with Gogo proper. Gogo has about 50% lexical similarity with Hehe and Sangu (both Bena–Kinga languages (G.60), 48% with Kimbu and 45% with Nilamba. These last two are both in Guthrie's Zone F.

Gogo is spoken by both Christians and Muslims and is a major language of the Anglican Church of Tanzania.


Phonology



Consonants


Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v z
Approximant l j w

Vowels


Front Central Back
High i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː



References


  1. Gogo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online



На других языках


- [en] Gogo language

[fr] Gogo (langue)

Le gogo est une langue bantoue parlée par la population gogo en Tanzanie.



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