Duruma (language)

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Duruma
Spoken in	Kenya
speaker	397,000 (2009)
Linguistic classification	Niger Congo Languages Volta Congo languages Benue Congo languages Bantoid languages Bantu languages Duruma, Chiduruma
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dug dug (single language)

Distribution area Kwale County .

Duruma , proper name Chiduruma , also known as Kiduruma , is an East African language of the people of Duruma in Kenya . It belongs to the language family of the Bantu languages .

The Duruma, also pejoratively Wanyika , live in Kwale County , in 2009 the number of speakers was given as 397,000. The lexical similarity is given to 74% with Chidigo (ISO-639-3 dig) and 66% with Kiswahili (ISO-639-3 swh).

literature

Mostly the organization Bible Translation and Literacy (BTL) in Nairobi has published a few smaller brochures on language and people.

• John Macoulay (Ed.): Ngano za chiduruma. Duruma folk stories. BTL, Nairobi 2001.
• Raphael Mkala, Stephen Mwatela (eds.): Kutara, na kupiga isabu chiduruma. An advanced counting and mathematics book in chiduruma, the language of the duruma people of Kenya. Bible Translation and Literacy, Nairobi 1995.
• Lagano Iphya ra Chiduruma. Bible Translation and Literacy, Nairobi 1999.
• Ali Luvi: Ndarira za Muduruma. Duruma sayings. SIL , Nairobi 2001.
• Raphael Mkala Ndurya, Stephen Mwatela Mwendwa, Harrison Ruwah Mwangolo: Kusoma Chiduruma na t'adize. Reading Duruma and its proverbs. A primer in the Duruma Language of Kwale District, Coast Province, Kenya. Bible Translation and Literacy, Nairobi 1995.

Web links

• Chiduruma. In: ethnologue.com. Ethnologue(English). 
• OLAC resources in and about the Duruma language. In: language-archives.org. 
• Duruma. In: glottolog.org. Glottolog 4.0 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chiduruma. In: ethnologue.com. Ethnologue, accessed on October 7, 2019 .