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Bajuni dialect

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Native to
  
Guthrie code
  
G.41

Glottolog
  
baju1245

Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantuNortheast Coast BantuSabakiSwahiliBajuni

Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bajuni people who inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands and coastal Kenya, in addition to parts of southern Somalia, where they constitute a minority ethnic group. Maho (2009) considers it a distinct language.

References

Bajuni dialect Wikipedia


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