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Luguru language

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Luguru
Ikiruguru
Native toTanzania
EthnicityLuguru
Native speakers
690,000 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ruf
Glottologlugu1238
G.35[2]

Luguru is a Bantu language spoken by the Luguru people of the Morogoro region and the Pwani region of Tanzania. The name is also spelled Lughuru, Lugulu, Ruguru. It is closely related to Gogo and Zaramo, but is not intelligible with other languages.

References

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