Gogo | Ethnologue

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639: gog
Alternate Names: Chigogo, Cigogo, Kigogo
Autonym: Wagogo
Population: 1,080,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009), increasing. Includes 60,000 Nyambwa.
Location:: Dodoma, Iringa, and Manyara regions; Singida region: Manyoni district.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Gogo-Kagulu (G.11)
Dialects: Nyambwa (Cinyambwa, West Gogo), Nyaugogo (Central Gogo), Tumba (Citumba, East Gogo). Lexical similarity: 50% with Hehe [heh] and Sangu [sbp], 48% with Kimbu [kiv], 45% with Nilamba [nim].
Language Use: Vigorous. Church meetings. Used by all. Also use Swahili [swh], in church meetings. Used as L2 by Kw’adza [wka].
Language Development: Dictionary. Bible: 1962–2002.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Gogo
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Seminomadic. Traditional religion, Christian.

Location: Dodoma, Iringa, and Manyara regions; Singida region: Manyoni district.