Gogo language
Gogo | |
---|---|
Cigogo | |
Region | Dodoma Region and Manyoni (Singida Region), Tanzania |
Native speakers | 1.4 million (2019)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
Latin (Gogo alphabet) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gog |
Glottolog | gogo1263 |
G.11 [2] |
Gogo is a
Gogo people of Dodoma Region in Tanzania. The language is spoken throughout Dodoma Region and into the neighbouring district of Manyoni
.
The language is considered to have three
Nilamba. These last two are both in Guthrie's Zone F
.
Gogo is spoken by both
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 |
- /k, ɡ/ are heard as palatal consonant sounds when preceding /i, e/; [c, ɟ].
- /z/ can also be heard as an affricate [dz].
- Nasal consonants when preceding voiceless stops are devoiced; [m̥ n̥ ɳ̊ ŋ̊].
- Voiceless consonants are mostly aspirated occurring after nasals; [pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ].
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High
|
i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Low
|
a aː |
External links
References
- ^ Gogo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Rugemalira, Josephat M. (2009). Cigogo, Kamusi ya Kigogo-Kiswahili-Kiingereza / Kiingereza-Kigogo, na Kiswahili-Kigogo / Gogo-Swahili-English, English-Gogo, and Swahili-Gogo Dictionary. ISBN 9987-691-25-0.
- Nurse, Derek and S. M. Mazengo. 1979. Gogo. African languages/Langues africaines 5. 70–76, 101–104.