Sagala

SBM

threatened

Alternate Names: Kisagala, Kisagara, Sagara, Southern Kisagala

Dialects: Itumba, Kondoa (Solwe), Kweny, Nkwifiya (Kwifa, Kwiva). Lexical similarity: 63% with Kagulu ,, 60% with Gogo ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
G
Zigula-Zaramo (G.39)

Demographics: 79,000 (1987).

Language Use: Low vitality. Shifting to Swahili. Also use Swahili [swh].

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Tanzania

Other Comments: Different from Sagalla , which is in Taita group of Kenya. Matrilineal. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.