Endangered Languages Project - Zaramo

Zaramo

^{[aka Zalamo, Kizaramo, Dzalamo]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Zalamo, Kizaramo, Dzalamo, Zaramu, Saramo, Myagatwa
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Southern Bantoid
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zaj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A few elderly speakers.
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
200,000

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Most Zaramo tend to speak Swahili as a first language these days."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Most Zaramo live along the Tanzanian coast between Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50,000
Native speakers worldwide

Ethnic population
656,730
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Few speakers (Brenzinger, Heine, and Sommer 1991). Ethnic population comes from 2000."

PLACES: Tanzania;

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-6.922, 39.2409

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing