Mushungulu

XMA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Kimushungulu, Mushunguli

Dialects: None known. May be the same as, or intelligible of, Zigula , or Shambala ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
G
Zigula-Zaramo (G.311)

Demographics: 23,000 (2006).

Language Use: Also use Maay [ymm], Somali [som].

Nation of Origin: Somalia

Other Comments: Descended from fugitive slaves who escaped from Somali masters in Middle Shabeelle region around 1840. Ethnonym: Wazegua in northeast Tanzania (see Zigula). Muslim, traditional religion.