Sukuma language
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Not to be confused with Fipa-Sukuma dialect.
Sukuma is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken in an area southeast of Lake Victoria between Mwanza, Shinyanga, and Lake Eyasi.[3]
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Sukuma | |
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Kɪsukuma | |
Region | Tanzania |
Ethnicity | Sukuma |
Native speakers | 8.1 million (2016)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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ISO 639-2 | suk |
ISO 639-3 | suk |
Glottolog | suku1261 |
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Its orthography uses Roman script without special letters, which resembles that used for Swahili, and has been used for Bible translations[4] and in religious literature.[5]
Dialects (KɪmunaSukuma in the west, GɪmunaNtuzu/GɪnaNtuzu in the northeast, and Jìnàkɪ̀ɪ̀yâ/JimunaKɪɪyâ in the southeast) are easily mutually intelligible.[6]