Mushungulu

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Language: Mushungulu
Alternate names: Kimushungulu, Mushunguli, Chizigula, Kizigua
Language code: xma
Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Zigula-Zaramo (G.311) (SIL classification)
Number of speakers: 23,000
Vulnerability: Vulnerable
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Descended from fugitive slaves who escaped from Somali masters in Middle Shabeelle region around 1840. Ethnonym: Wazegua in northeast Tanzania (see Zigula). Muslim, traditional religion.

Mushungulu is spoken in Somalia, Africa.