Ethnologue

Kutu

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Khutu, Kikutu, Kixutu

Population

27,500 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).

Location

Morogoro region: Kilosa and Morogoro rural districts; Pwani region: west of Dar es Salaam.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 69% with Kami [kcu], 68% with Zaramo [zaj], 64% with Kwere [cwe], 61% with Doe [doe].

Language Use

Also use Swahili [swh].

Language Development

NT: 2015.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Matrilineal. Muslim, traditional religion.