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    Swahili language (category Northeast Coast Bantu languages)
    Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya...
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    of Bantu languages as interpreted by Harald Hammarström, and following the Guthrie classification. Bantu languages Guthrie classification of Bantu languages...
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    Mozambique); Mombasa, Gede, Pate Island, Lamu, and Malindi (in Kenya); and Dar es Salaam and Kilwa (in Tanzania). In addition, several coastal islands are...
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    Census states the population of the district as 845,368. The Zaramo, a Bantu-speaking tribe, have lived in the area that is now Ubungo for thousands...
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    Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following European explorers in the...
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    refugees from conflicts in nearby countries. These ethnic groups are of Bantu origin, with large Nilotic-speaking, moderate indigenous, and small non-African...
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    uswahilini, unplanned communities in Dar es Salaam, and is the newest mainstream genre since 2020. Ngoma (Bantu, meaning dance, drum and event) is a traditional...
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  • Shirati are DhoLuo speaking people Nilotes. Suba people, a subbranch of Bantu communities who adopted Luo customs, language, and practices also live in...
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  • Saramo, (Wazaramo, in Swahili) are a Bantu ethnic group native to the central eastern coast of Tanzania, particularly Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Region...
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    African Great Lakes region, since the Nilotic languages spoken by these pre-Bantu farmers have their closest relatives in the middle Nile basin. Djibouti...
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