Burunge
A language of Tanzania
| Population | 13,000 (2002). |
| Region | Dodoma region, Kondoa District, southeast of Langi [lag], Goima, Chambalo, and Mirambu villages. |
| Language map |
Tanzania, reference number 35 |
| Alternate names | Bulunge, Burungi, Mbulugwe |
| Dialects | Similar to Alagwa [wbj], Gorowa [gow], Iraqw [irk]. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, South |
| Language use | Home, field, sometimes in churches. All ages. Low prestige language. Burunge don’t like to use it in front of others. Also use Swahili [swh] or Langi [lag]. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV; prepositions, genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; 5 suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, given and new information (SOV already introduced object, SVO newly introduced object), topic and comment; preverbal clitics indicate case of noun phrase; verbal suffixes mark person, number, gender of subject; preverbal clitics mark person of subject; preverbal clitics mark person, number, and gender of nonsubject noun phrase; this agreement is obligatory; mediopassive is marked by verbal derivational suffix; subject indefinite is marked by preverbal clitic; causatives; CV, CVV, CVC (restriction on second CCV); tonal. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. |
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