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Chiduruma

A language of Kenya

ISO 639-3: dug

Population	247,000 (1994 SIL), increasing.
Region	Coast Province, West Kwale District, south of Mombasa to Tanzania border.
Language map	Kenya, reference number 6
Alternate names	Duruma, “Wanyika”
Dialects	9 ethnic groups form the Mijikenda community. Duruma is the second most remote from Giryama linguistically. Lexical similarity: 74% with Digo [dig], 66% with Kiswahili [swh].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, E, Nyika (E.40), Mijikenda
Language use	Vigorous. GIDS 6. Home, community. All ages. Positive attitude. Few use Kiswahili [swh] or Chidigo [dig].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 13%. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Duruma is the tribal name. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MKALA NDURYA, Raphael; MWATELA MWENDWA, Stephen; NEWMAN, Bonnie; NEWMAN, John F., authors. 1989. Musematʼo wa chiduruma, chidzomba na chizungu (Duruma, Swahili, English dictionary: a dictionary of the Duruma language of Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya).

Vernacular Publications

Chotuma ta mungumi afe mutsanga. 1994.

Fyokwa. 1995.

Hʼame-hʼame ya makongo na kuryatʼo. 1996.

Jadi ya Muduruma chitabu cha phiri. 2001.

Jadi ya muduruma. 1995.

Kudzifunja kutara kwa Chiduruma. 1995.

Kusoma Chiduruma na tʼadize. 1988.

Kusoma chiduruma na t'adize. 1995.

Kutara, na kupiga isabu Chiduruma. 1995.

Mazagazi ga muduruma. 1995.

Nahenza nimanye chikwehu. 1997.

Namuna ya kwamisa nwanao. 1998.

Ndarira za muduruma. 2001.

Ndumo ya asena ane a usena wa kurya na kusa. 1995.

Ngano za Chiduruma. 1988.

Ngano za Chiduruma. 1995.

Tsʼi na kazi za muduruma. 1995.

Uchifitsa ukongo.... 2004.

Vifaya vya Chiduruma vya uimbi na miraye. 1997.