Alternate Names: Kikami
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 69% with Kutu , and Kwere ,, 65% with Zaramo ,, 64% with Doe ,, 54% with Luguru ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 16,400 (2000), decreasing.
Language Use: Declining use. Traditional religious ceremonies and conflict mediation through the traditional chief. Shifting to Swahili [swh] (Dimmendaal 2007).
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Tanzania
Other Comments: Muslim.