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Digo

Digo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya.

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Digo · 4.6°S 39.2°E

Digo (Chidigo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast between Mombasa and Tanga by the Digo people of Kenya and Tanzania. The ethnic Digo population has been estimated at around 360,000 (Mwalonya et al. 2004), most of whom are presumably speakers of the language. All adult speakers of Digo are bilingual in Swahili, East Africa's lingua franca. The two languages are closely related, and Digo also has much vocabulary borrowed from neighbouring Swahili dialects.

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Words in Digo

MeaningWordRomanization
personthu*
nameina*
eyeico*
earkiro*
noseula*
toothino*
tonguerimi*
bloodmu*
bonefubha*
skingozi*
kneewindi*
breastyao*
liverini*
watermadzi
fireho*
sunua*
staryota*
stoneiwe*
mountainrima*
treehi*
leafani*
nightsiku*
doga*
fishgonda*
louseawa*
onemwenga*
twoiri*
drinkniwa*
seeona*
hearsiTira*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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