Maʼa is a Bantu language of Tanzania. The Mbugu people speak two divergent registers, which have been treated as separate languages by some authorities...
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they fall within Bantu zones G and E. The languages, or clusters, are: Pare-Taveta (G20+E70): Pareic Pare, Mbugu Taveta Sabaki (G40+E70): Swahili, Nyika...
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District in Tanga Region of Tanzania. Tanzania's Mbugu (or Ma'á) language is one of the few true hybrid languages, combining Bantu grammar with Cushitic lexicon...
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mixed language: The case of Ma'a/Mbugu. Creole language library (No. 26). Amsterdam: J. Benjamins Pub. Co. Sebba, Mark (1997). Contact Languages: Pidgins...
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either the word N'kima ('monkey' in the Mbugu language, a regional dialect of Swahili), or, after the Meru language nickname for Ugali, a dish popular in...
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Oromo, Somali, and Yaaku–Dullay. The vocabulary of the mixed register of Mbugu (Ma'a) may also be East Cushitic (Tosco 2002), though the grammatical basis...
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known of the language; what is recorded was probably Aasa lexical words used in a register of Maasai, similar to the mixed language Mbugu. Asa is usually...
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component of Mbugu (Ma'a). There is a wide range of opinions as to how the languages are interrelated. The positions of the Dullay languages and of Yaaku...
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Pare people (section Language)
reputedly combining Chasu (Bantu) grammar with Cushitic vocabulary (i.e. Mbugu language). The Pare were the main producers of iron for which there was considerable...
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(Southern Cushitic) Mous, Maarten (2003). The Making of a Mixed Language: The Case of Ma'a/Mbugu. Was there ever a Southern Cushitic Language (Pre-)Ma'a?...
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