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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Tanzania > Doe

Doe

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3doe

Population  24,000 (1987).
Region  Pwani region, Bagamoyo District, north of Kwere [cwe].
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 59
Alternate names   Dohe, Kidoe
Dialects  Doe has influenced Zigula [ziw] and Bondei [bou] linguistically, and has been influenced by them. Lexical similarity: 74% with Kwere, 64% with Kami [kcu], 61% with Kutu [kdc] and Zaramo [zaj], 70% with Zigula, 54% with Luguru [ruf].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Zigula-Zaramo (G.30)
Language use  Also use Swahili [swh].