Sagala

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kisagala, Kisagara, Sagara, Southern Kisagala

Population

79,000 (1987).

Location

Morogoro Region, Kilosa and Ulanga districts; Dodoma Region, Mpwapwa district; Iringa Region.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Itumba, Kondoa (Solwe), Kweny, Nkwifiya (Kwifa, Kwiva). Lexical similarity: 63% with Kagulu [kki], 60% with Gogo [gog].

Language Use

Low vitality. Shifting to Swahili. Also use Swahili [swh].

Writing

Unwritten.

Other Comments

Different from Sagalla [tga] which is in Taita group of Kenya. Matrilineal. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.