Alternate Names: Kimushungulu, Mushunguli
Dialects: None known. May be the same as, or intelligible of, Zigula , or Shambala ,.
Genealogy:
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.