Datooga language

Spoken in

• Nilo -Saharan African languages Nilotic languages Südnilotische languages Omotik - Datooga Datooga

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Datooga is a südnilotische ( Nilo-Saharan ) language, which is spoken by about 88,000 people in Tanzania. The speakers are also called Datooga. The dialects of Datooga sometimes differ so strongly that mutual understanding is difficult.

Linguistic characteristics

It is a tonal language with the basic word order verb-subject - object.