Ngasa language

Ngas
Ngas
Ongamo
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Ngasa people
Extinct	2012
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Southern Eastern Sudanic? Nilotic Eastern Nilotic Ateker-Lotuko–Maa Lotuko–Maa Ongamo-Maa Ngas; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nsg
Glottolog	ngas1238
ELP	Ngasa

Ongamo, or Ngas, is an extinct Eastern Nilotic language of Tanzania. It is closely related to the Maa languages, but more distantly than they are to each other. Ongamo has 60% of lexical similarity with Maasai, Samburu, and Camus. Speakers have shifted to Chagga, a dominant regional Bantu language.

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