Alternate Names: Kingasa, Ongamo, Shaka
Dialects: Lexical similarity: 60% with Maasai ,, 59% with Samburu ,, 58% with the Chamus dialect of Samburu.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 200 (1983), decreasing. Ethnic population: 4,290 (2000).
Language Use: Use began to diminish in the 1950s. Older adults.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Tanzania