Burunge (African people)
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Name (Hebrew)
בורונגה (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Burunge (African people)
Name (Arabic)
بورونجي (شعب أفريقي)
Other forms of name
Bulunge (African people)
nne Burungi (African people)
Mbulunge (African people)
Mbulungu (African people)
Mbulungwe (African people)
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Ethnology Tanzania
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Tanzania
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4969065
Library of congress:
sh 98001036
Sources of Information
- Östberg, W. Land is coming up : the Burunge of Central Tanzania and their environments, 1995.
- Olson, J.S. The peoples of Africa:p. 119 ("The Burunge (Burungi) are an ethnic group occupying the Central Highlands of Tanzania")
- Ethnologue:p. 389 (Burungi (Bulunge, Mbulungwe, Burunge))
- Voegelin lang.:p. 121 (Burungi (Burunge, Mbulunge, Mbulungu))
- Ethnologue 15th ed. online, Apr. 22, 2008(Burunge, a language of Tanzania; language use: Burunge don't like to use it in front of others; they also speak Swahili and Langi as second languages)
Wikipedia description:
The Burunge or Burungi (Waburungi, in Swahili) are a Cushitic ethnic group and among Iraqw Communities based in the Chemba District, Dodoma of Dodoma Region in central Tanzania. They speak the Burunge language as a mother tongue, which belongs to the South Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. In 2007, the Burunge population was estimated at 30,000 individuals.
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