Ngasa
A language of Tanzania
| Population | 250 (1983). Ethnic population: 4,285 (2000). |
| Region | East Mt. Kilimanjaro slopes. |
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Tanzania, reference number 48 |
| Alternate names | Ongamo, Shaka |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 60% with Maasai [mas], 59% with Samburu [saq], 58% with the Chamus dialect of Samburu [saq]. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Eastern, Lotuxo-Teso, Lotuxo-Maa, Ongamo-Maa |
| Language use | Use began to diminish in the 1950s. Older adults. |
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