Magoma language

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Magoma
Native to Tanzania
Ethnicity Magoma
Native speakers
150,000 (2003) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gmx
Glottolog mago1246
G.651 [2]

Magoma is a Bantu language of the Magoma nation in Tanzania. It is closely related to Kinga, but mutual intelligibility is low.

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References

  1. Magoma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online