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	~~<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Kidigo,Chidigo,Digo~~


	~~<b>Description:</b>~~

	Digo (Chidigo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast between Mombasa and Tanga by the Digo people of Kenya and Tanzania. The ethnic Digo population has been estimated at around 360,000 (Mwalonya et al. 2004), the majority of whom are presumably speakers of the language. All adult speakers of Digo are bilingual in Swahili, East Africa's lingua franca. The two languages are closely related, and Digo also has a lot of vocabulary borrowed from neighbouring Swahili dialects.
	The classification and sub-classification of Digo provides a good example of the difficulty sometimes faced by linguists in differentiating languages and dialects. Most contemporary authorities follow Nurse and Hinnebusch (1993) in classifying Digo as a dialect of Mijikenda, one of the constituent languages of the Sabaki group of Northeast Coast Bantu. The Mijikenda dialects are indeed mutually intelligible, though they are conventionally treated as separate languages. Digo is a member of the southern Mijikenda sub-group, and is most closely related to its neighbours Duruma and Rabai. It is, however, felt by speakers to be sufficiently different from other Mijikenda dialects to deserve<i>[~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=8805407 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>~~
	~~<tr><td><h2>Location of Digo Language Speakers</h2>~~
	~~<googlemap zoom="1" width=400 height=300 lat="4.338464" lon="27.516490" type="map">~~
	~~-0.425170, 36.751730, Kenya~~
	~~9.102097, 18.281250, Africa</googlemap>~~
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	~~<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>~~
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	<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_dig_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_dig_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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	~~<h2>Overview</h2>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/kenya Kenya]</td></tr>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>~~

	~~<b><i>Regions: </i></b>~~[~~http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]~~
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	~~<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>~~dig~~</td></tr>~~

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	~~<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>~~
	~~[[All Languages]]~~

	~~  [[Niger-Congo Group]]~~

	~~    [[Atlantic-Congo Group]]~~

	~~      [[Volta-Congo Group]]~~

	~~        [[Benue-Congo Group]]~~

	~~          [[Bantoid Group]]~~

	~~            [[Southern Bantoid Group]]~~

	~~              [[Narrow Bantu Group]]~~

	~~                [[Central Narrow Bantu Group]]~~

	~~                  [[E Group]]~~

	~~                    [[Nyika (E.40) Group]]~~

	~~                      [[Mijikenda Group]]~~

	~~                        <b>[[Digo Language~~]]~~</b>~~

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Also Known As: Kidigo,Chidigo,Digo Description: Digo (Chidigo...
2009-07-14T07:08:36Z

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<td valign=top align=left width="50%">
<table valign=top>
<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Kidigo,Chidigo,Digo

<b>Description:</b>

Digo (Chidigo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast between Mombasa and Tanga by the Digo people of Kenya and Tanzania. The ethnic Digo population has been estimated at around 360,000 (Mwalonya et al. 2004), the majority of whom are presumably speakers of the language. All adult speakers of Digo are bilingual in Swahili, East Africa's lingua franca. The two languages are closely related, and Digo also has a lot of vocabulary borrowed from neighbouring Swahili dialects.
The classification and sub-classification of Digo provides a good example of the difficulty sometimes faced by linguists in differentiating languages and dialects. Most contemporary authorities follow Nurse and Hinnebusch (1993) in classifying Digo as a dialect of Mijikenda, one of the constituent languages of the Sabaki group of Northeast Coast Bantu. The Mijikenda dialects are indeed mutually intelligible, though they are conventionally treated as separate languages. Digo is a member of the southern Mijikenda sub-group, and is most closely related to its neighbours Duruma and Rabai. It is, however, felt by speakers to be sufficiently different from other Mijikenda dialects to deserve<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=8805407 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Digo Language Speakers</h2>
<googlemap zoom="1" width=400 height=300 lat="4.338464" lon="27.516490" type="map">
-0.425170, 36.751730, Kenya
9.102097, 18.281250, Africa</googlemap>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
<table valign=top>
<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_dig_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_dig_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<tr><td><table>

<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/kenya Kenya]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>dig</td></tr>

</table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Niger-Congo Group]]

    [[Atlantic-Congo Group]]

      [[Volta-Congo Group]]

        [[Benue-Congo Group]]

          [[Bantoid Group]]

            [[Southern Bantoid Group]]

              [[Narrow Bantu Group]]

                [[Central Narrow Bantu Group]]

                  [[E Group]]

                    [[Nyika (E.40) Group]]

                      [[Mijikenda Group]]

                        <b>[[Digo Language]]</b>

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