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Ngasa
Wangasa
Regions with significant populations
Ngasa people Tanzania4,285 (2000)
Languages
Ngasa & Chaga
Religion
Unknown
Related ethnic groups
Maasai & other Nilotic peoples

The Ngasa or Ngas also known as Ongamo (Wangasa, in Swahili) are an ethnic and linguistic group based on the northeastern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Rombo District, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. In 2000 the Nilotic ethnic Ngasa population was estimated to number 4,285, with only 200 to 300 members continuing to speak the Ngasa language [1]. Speakers have shifted to Chagga, a dominant regional Bantu language.


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Ngasa people

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The Ngasa or Ngas also known as Ongamo (Wangasa, in Swahili) are an ethnic and linguistic group based on the northeastern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro...

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Ngasa

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Ngasa or Ongamo may refer to: Ngasa people Ngasa language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ngasa. If an internal link...

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Ngasa language

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centuries considerably reduced the extent and viability of the Ngasa language. "Ngasa". Ethnologue. Retrieved 4 November 2023. Leeman, Bernard and informants...

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Mrisho Ngasa

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Mrisho Khalfani juma Ngasa (born 5 May 1989) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays for Tanzanian Championship League club Ndanda. He is the...

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Languages of Tanzania

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(Meru) Nilo-Saharan Nilotic Datooga Kisankasa Maasai (682 thousand, 2016) Ngasa Ogiek Luo (185 thousand, 2009) Zinza language Sambaa language (660 thousand...

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Peopling of the Kilimanjaro Corridor

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now Taita. The Nilotic influence can be attributed to groups such as the Ngasa that introduced practices of female circumcision in this population. With...

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Mrisho

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Mrisho is a Tanzanian name. Notable people with the name include: Mrisho Gambo, Tanzanian politician Mrisho Ngasa (born 1989), Tanzanian football player...

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Ilchamus people

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Njemps), are a Maa-speaking people living south and southeast of Lake Baringo, Kenya. They numbered approximately 32,949 people in 2019 and are closely related...

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Isaac Chilemba

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Retrieved 2 June 2014. Ngasa times | Malawi's Chilemba wins WBO African title Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Ngasa Times | Malawi's Chilemba...

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Maa languages

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dialect of Samburu) Southern Maa Maasai (spoken by the Maasai peoples) Ngasa or Ongamo (extinct or at least endangered; most speakers have shifted to...

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Evolution of languages

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Turkish, French, Greek and Arabic elements over time. Speakers of the Ngasa language expanded onto the plains north of Mount Kilimanjaro in the 12th...

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Kilimanjaro Region

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: page 4  It was also the eighth most densely populated region with 124 people per square kilometer. The most well-known tribes in the Kilimanjaro region...

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Daju languages

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The Daju languages are spoken in isolated pockets by the Daju people across a wide area of Sudan and Chad. In Sudan, they are spoken in parts of the regions...

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Mwanza Region

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footballer Stergomena Tax, politician Baby Madaha, actress and musician Mrisho Ngasa,Striker Tanzania National Football Team "Matokeo ya Sensa". sensa.nbs.go...

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Maasai language

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Maasai people, numbering about 1.5 million. It is closely related to the other Maa varieties: Samburu (or Sampur), the language of the Samburu people of central...

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Karamojong language

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family (Encyclopædia Britannica) spoken by at least 370,000 people in Uganda – the Karamojong people, or ŋiKarimojoŋ in their language. The name approximates...

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Elgon languages

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(spoken by about 120,000 people) and Sabaot (spoken by about 134,000 people). Sabaot is a common name assumed by various related peoples, including the Kony...

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List of ethnic groups in Tanzania

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dominant ethnic majority: the largest ethnic group in Tanzania, the Sukuma people, comprises about 16 percent of the country's total population, followed...

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Adhola dialect

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Jopadhola and Ludama, is a dialect of Southern Luo spoken by the Adhola people (a.k.a. Jopadhola or Badama) of Uganda. Dhopadhola is generally mutually...

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Luo languages

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The dozen Luo, Lwo or Lwoian languages are spoken by the Luo peoples in an area ranging from southern Sudan to western Ethiopia to southern Kenya, with...

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Acholi dialect

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also Leb Acoli, or Leb Lwo) is a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Amuru, Lamwo, Agago, Nwoya, Omoro and...

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Dinka language

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Jieng or simply Jieng) is a Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people, a major ethnic group of South Sudan. There are several main varieties,...

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Nubi language

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there by the British colonial administration. It was spoken by about 15,000 people in Uganda in 1991 (according to the census), and an estimated 10,000 in...

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Kalenjin languages

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common identity the Nandi-speaking peoples of Kenya assumed halfway through the twentieth century; see Kalenjin people and Kalenjin language. The Kalenjin...

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Kipsigis language

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It is spoken mainly in Kericho and Bomet counties in Kenya. The Kipsigis people are the most numerous tribe of the Kalenjin in Kenya, accounting for 60%...

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Western Nilotic languages

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Dinka–Nuer and Luo. The Luo Languages are languages spoken by the Luo peoples. They include but are not fully limited to, Shilluk, Luwo, Thuri, Belanda...

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El Hugeirat language

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northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 50 people in a few families in the El Hugeirat hills, in the villages of Sija, Bija...

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Eastern Sudanic languages

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paths, and resources: their impact on language, literature and history of people) in Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009. George Starostin (2015) The Eastern Sudanic...

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