Gogo language

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Gogo
Cigogo
RegionDodoma Region and Manyoni (Singida Region), Tanzania
Native speakers
1.4 million (2019)[1]
Niger–Congo?
  • Northeast Coast Bantu
    • Ruvu
      • Gogo
Latin (Gogo alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gog
Glottologgogo1263
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

  1. ^ Gogo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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. .
  • Nurse, Derek and S. M. Mazengo. 1979. Gogo. African languages/Langues africaines 5. 70–76, 101–104.