Sagara language

Sagara (Sagala) is a Bantu language of the Morogoro and Dodoma regions of Tanzania. It is sometimes called Southern Sagala to distinguish it from the Sagalla language of Kenya (Northern Sagala); the similarity of the names is a coincidence.

Bantu language of Tanzania

Not to be confused with Sagala language (Kenya).

Sagara
Sagala
Native to	Tanzania
Native speakers	(79,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Ruvu (G30+G10) Sagara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sbm
Glottolog	saga1256
Guthrie code	G.39[2]

Sagara (Sagala) is a Bantu language of the Morogoro and Dodoma regions of Tanzania. It is sometimes called Southern Sagala to distinguish it from the Sagalla language of Kenya (Northern Sagala); the similarity of the names is a coincidence.

References

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1. ^ Sagara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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