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

Pogolo

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3poy

Population  185,000 (1987).
Region  South central, Iringa and Morogoro regions, south of Mbunga [mgy], east of Ndamba [ndj].
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 85
Alternate names   Chipogolo, Chipogoro, Pogolu, Pogora, Pogoro, Shpogolu
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 57% with Mbunga, 56% with Ndamba.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Pogoro (G.50)
Language development  Bible portions: 2007–2008.