Zaramo | Ethnologue

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639: zaj
Alternate Names: Dzalamo, Myagatwa, Saramo, Zalamo, Zaramu
Autonym: Kizaramo
Population: 293,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009). Includes 33,000 Nyagatwa. Ethnic population: 657,000 (2000).
Location:: Morogoro region; Pwani region: Bagamoyo and Kisarawe districts, between Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Zigula-Zaramo (G.33)
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 68% with Kutu [kdc], 65% with Kami [kcu], 61% with Kwere [cwe] and Doe [doe].
Language Use: Some of all ages. Also use Swahili [swh], with many shifting.
Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 1975.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zaramo
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Matrilineal. Endangered in the city but passed on to children in villages surrounding Dar es Salaam. Muslim.

Location: Morogoro region; Pwani region: Bagamoyo and Kisarawe districts, between Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam.