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Langi

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3: lag

Population	350,000 (1999 SIL). 35,000 monolinguals. Many ethnic Burunge (in Chemba, Goima, and elsewhere) and some Alagwa (in Kolo, Mnenya, and elsewhere) who are Langi L1 speakers.
Region	Dodoma region, Kondoa District; Dodoma, Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Tanga, Morogoro, Babati, and Singida communities. West of Maasai [mas], northeast of Sandawe [sad].
Language map	Tanzania, reference number 36
Alternate names	Irangi, Kilaangi, Kilangi, Kirangi, Rangi
Dialects	Kondoa, Haubi, Kolo, Mondo. Similar to Mbugwe [mgz]. Limited comprehension of other languages. Lexical similarity 74% with Mbugwe, 49% with Nyaturu [rim] and Sukuma [suk], 48% with Nyamwezi [nym], 47% with Kimbu [kiv] and Nilamba [nim], 40% with Sumbwa [suw].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, F, Nyilamba-Langi (F.30)
Language use	Vigorous. Home, market. All ages. Proud of language and culture, yet prefer Swahili [swh] or English for personal benefit. Also use Swahili.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Influenced by Cushitic languages. Call their language ‘Langi’; the Swahili pronunciation is ‘Rangi’. SVO. Agriculturalists. Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BERGMAN, Ted G.; MBONGUÉ, Joseph; SOWERS, Rachel; STEGEN, Oliver; TOOLEY, Tracy, authors. 2007. "Sociolinguistic Survey Among the Rangi People."  

COX, Richard; STEGEN, Oliver, authors. 2007. Choosing a standard dialect for Rangi literacy.  

COX, Richard; STEGEN, Oliver, authors. 2011. A Dialect Survey of the Rangi Language Communities in Kondoa District, Tanzania.

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2000. Rangi vowel system: five or seven?.  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2002. "Derivational processes in Rangi."  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2003. "If you've got a mother tongue, please use it!": Minority language development: the case of Rangi.  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2003. First steps in reconstructing Rangi language history.  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2004. "Matumizi ya Lugha za Asili: Mfano wa Lugha ya Kirangi."  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2004. A pilot study of writing in Rangi society.  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2004. Editing Rangi narratives: a pilot study in literature production.  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2006. Lexical density in oral versus written Rangi texts.  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2006. Participatory research, TAM functions, and dialect survey among the Rangi: a reply to Dunham (2004-2006).  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2007. What can stylistic comparison of Rangi stories tell us about grammatical description?.

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2011. In quest of a vernacular writing style for the Rangi of Tanzania: Assumptions, processes, challenges.  

STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2011. To be, or not to be - Functions of copula and auxilliaries in Rangi.  

STEGEN, Oliver, compiler; MOE, Ron, consultant. 2007. Swadesh Wordlist in Rangi.

Vernacular Publications

Alfabéti ya Kɨlaangi. 2004.

Herufi za Kirangi. 2003.

Ijʉva alúusɨkaa Kɨlaangi! Kaleenda ya Kɨlaangi 2007. 2007.

Irɨma ra vitʉngʉ́ʉrʉ. 2007.

Kitabu cha Masomo ya Awali. 1999.

Lʉsímo lwa Sʉvɨ na Nkuru. 2007.

Metháali ja Kɨlaangi = Methali kwa Kirangi . 2005.

Ndwáala yʉ UKÍIMWI. 2007.

Símo ja Kɨlaangi = Hadithi kwa Lugha ya Kirangi . 2005.

Tʉsome noo Kwaandɨka Kɨlaangi! = Tusome na Kuandika Kirangi! . 2005.

Visɨmɨ́sɨmɨ vya Kɨlaangi = Vitendawili vya Kirangi . 2005.