Mbugu
Facts
- Language: Mbugu
- Alternate names: Ma'a, Mbougou, Wama'a, Wa Maathi, Kibwyo, Mixed Ma'a/Mbugu, Ma'á, Inner Ma'á, Mbugu Inner Mbugu
- Language code: mhd
- Language family: Mixed language, Bantu-Cushitic (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: ~7,000
- Vulnerability: Threatened
- Script: Unwritten.
More information:
A mixed language; Bantu inflectional (prefix and concord) system with Cushitic vocabulary. Derivational morphemes are Bantu and Cushitic (or non-Bantu). The Bantu influence is from Pare and Shambala.
Mbugu is spoken in Tanzania, Africa.