Segeju
[aka Kisegeju, Sageju, Sengeju]Classification: Niger-Congo
·threatened
- MORE ON VITALITY
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The number of speakers is decreasing.
- PLACES
- Tanzania;
Language metadata
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Kisegeju, Sageju, Sengeju |
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Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Southern Bantoid |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Chifundi and Vumba: partial shift, no death” (181-212) . Nurse, Derek and Walsh, Martin T. (1992) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter
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Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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"Although we have no way of knowing how many people speak Segeju in northern Tanzania, the fact that the informant who supplied the data to Nurse and Philippson was young would suggest that there is still an active Segeju speaking community, possibly several hundred or thousand strong."
- TRANSMISSION
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- PLACES
- Tanzania
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"We are not clear exactly where Segeju is spoken but most likely on the Tanzanian coast between the border and Tanga Town."
Information from: “A survey on language death in Africa” (402) . Sommer, Gabriele (1992) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter
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Some in Tanzania
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18688
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"No speakers in Kenya... In the Tanzania Census of 1969 there were 18,688 people recorded who called themselves Wasegeju. The number of those ethnic Wasgeju is probably smaller in Kenya."
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Digo; Swahili
- PLACES
- Tanzania
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"There are no Kisegeju-speakers left in Kenya today... There might still be some speakers of Kisegeju in Tanzania."
Information from: “Segeju and Daisu: a case study of evidence from oral tradition and comparative linguistics” (175-208) . Nurse, Derek (1982)
- PLACES
- Kenya, Tanzania
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"The Segeju-speaking community lives along the coast and the immediate hinterland from a point in southern Kenya near Vanga to a point in northern Tanzania slightly north of Tanga."