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Ongamo (or Ngasa) is an endangered or extinct Eastern Nilotic language of Tanzania. It is related to the Maa languages, but it is more distantly related to them than the Maa languages are to each other. Ongamo has 60% of lexical similarity with Maasai, 59% with Samburu, 58% with Camus. Many of its speakers have shifted to Chagga, a dominant regional Bantu language.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1933925 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
Ongamo (or Ngasa) is an endangered or extinct Eastern Nilotic language of Tanzania. It is related to the Maa languages, but it is more distantly related to them than the Maa languages are to each other. Ongamo has 60% of lexical similarity with Maasai, 59% with Samburu, 58% with Camus. Many of its speakers have shifted to Chagga, a dominant regional Bantu language.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1933925 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
         <tr><td><h2>Location of Ngasa Language Speakers</h2>
         <tr><td><h2>Location of Ngasa Language Speakers</h2>
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         <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
         <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>

Latest revision as of 21:27, 12 August 2009

Also Known As: Ngasa,Shaka,Ongamo


Description:

Ongamo (or Ngasa) is an endangered or extinct Eastern Nilotic language of Tanzania. It is related to the Maa languages, but it is more distantly related to them than the Maa languages are to each other. Ongamo has 60% of lexical similarity with Maasai, 59% with Samburu, 58% with Camus. Many of its speakers have shifted to Chagga, a dominant regional Bantu language...... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Ngasa Language Speakers

http://llmap.org/languages/nsg/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Rosetta Document Collection

Detailed Description:
1(download)(browse)

Overview

Main Country: Tanzania
Spoken In:

Countries: Tanzania Regions: Africa

ISO 639-3 Code: nsg

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Nilo-Saharan Group

    Eastern Sudanic Group

      Nilotic Group

        Eastern Nilotic Group

          Lotuxo-Teso Group

            Lotuxo-Maa Group

              Ongamo-Maa Group

                Ngasa Language