Mushungulu
A language of Somalia
| Population | 23,000 (2006). |
| Region | South, Lower Jubba region, Jamaame District center; urban areas: Kismaayo and Muqdisho. |
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Somalia |
| Alternate names | Kimushungulu, Mushunguli |
| Dialects | May be the same as, or intelligible with, Zigula [ziw] or Shambala [ksb]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Zigula-Zaramo (G.30) |
| Language use | Men also use Maay [ymm] or Somali [som]. |
| Comments | Descended from fugitive slaves who escaped from their Somali masters in the Middle Shabeelle region around 1840. In northeast Tanzania, they were called ‘Wazegua’ (see Zigula). Agriculturalists. Muslim, traditional religion. |
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