Duruma (language)
Duruma | ||
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Spoken in |
Kenya | |
speaker | 397,000 (2009) | |
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ISO 639-3 |
dug
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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
- ↑ Chiduruma. In: ethnologue.com. Ethnologue, accessed on October 7, 2019 .