Ethnologue

Segeju

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kisegeju, Sageju, Sengeju

Population

23,200 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009), decreasing. Ethnic population: 15,000.

Location

Tanga region: Muheza district, narrow strip of northeast coast between Tanga and Kenya border.

Language Maps

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Closely related to Digo [dig].

Language Use

Many ethnic Segeju do not speak the language; they speak Swahili [swh] or Chidigo [dig] as L1. Also use Swahili [swh].

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

People were historically one with the Dhaiso. The Dhaiso language is also called Kisegeju in Swahili. Muslim.