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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 9:48 am
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Mushunguli is also called zigula back in Tanzania its a bantu language spoken by the mushunguli tribe of southern Tanzania a dialect of the Chizigua.Jasmine6 wrote:I didn't know Mushunguli had their own language. Does it share similarities with any other African language?
The zanzibar and the dhaga cas caught slaves from different tribes in Tanzania and Mozambique so not all the Bantus in Somalia are from the same tribe.Adali wrote:I thought Mushunguli were Somali, so they're actually from Tanzania ?
http://www.irinnews.org/report/47245/so ... ali-bantus"We are happy to be back, but we have to get on with things," he said. "We need to organise our lives, get ourselves established and start farming. The land here is fertile, but we have not really had time to farm."
Their forefathers were from the Zigua and Zaramo ethnic communities, who live in the area and, in the early 19th Century, were taken by slavers to work on plantations and industries in Somalia. In the 1830's, following droughts and in an effort to avoid famine others trailed after them, attracted by the allure of work in a distant land.
Hilaac21 wrote:Mushunguli is also called zigula back in Tanzania its a bantu language spoken by the mushunguli tribe of southern Tanzania a dialect of the Chizigua.Jasmine6 wrote:I didn't know Mushunguli had their own language. Does it share similarities with any other African language?