Alternate Names: Eshisango, Kisangu, Lori, Rori, Sangi, Sango, Shisango
Dialects: Central Sangu, Eastern Sangu (Mahango), Northern Sangu, South-Central Sangu (Kapunga), Western Sangu (Kilambo).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 75,000 (1987), decreasing.
Language Use: Vigorous. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Swahili [swh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy rate in L2: Lower than average (Swahili). SIL has transition literacy work (Swahili to Sangu). Bible portions: 2010–2013.
Typology: SVO; Prepositions; Noun Head Initial; Noun classes; Verbal affixation for subject, object, tense, aspect, mood, and derivation; 29 consonant phonemes; 10 vowel phonemes; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Tanzania
Other Comments: Different from Sango , of Central African Republic, from Sanga , of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and from Sangu , of Gabon. Muslim, traditional religion.