Burunge
[aka Bulunge, Mbulugwe, Burungi]Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·endangered
- PLACES
- Central Province, Tanzania
Language metadata
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Bulunge, Mbulugwe, Burungi, Mbulunge |
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Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, South Cushitic |
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Language information by source
Compare Sources (6)
Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “A survey on language death in Africa” (402) . Sommer, Gabriele (1992) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter
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Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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19000
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Speaker number is determined from a 1988 census.
- TRANSMISSION
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Swahili; Rangi
- PLACES
- Tanzania
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Tanzania, tarafa (division) Goima, wilaya (district) Kondoa. In kata (subdivision) Goima and kata Chema the majority (two thirds and three quarters, respectively, according to local authorities) is Burunge. In kata Candama and kata Mrijo only a small number is Burunge."