Zaramo language

Zaramo
Zaramo
Kizaramo
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Pwani Region
Ethnicity	657,000 Zaramo (2000)
Native speakers	293,000 (2009)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Ruvu Zaramo; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zaj
Glottolog	zara1247
Guthrie code	G.33
ELP	Zaramo

Zaramo is a Niger-Congo language, formerly primary language of the Zaramo people of eastern Tanzania. Zaramo is also known as Zalamo, Kizaramo, Dzalamo, Zaramu, Saramo and, Myagatwa. The language is critically endangered. The ethnic population of the Zaramo people reaches about 200,000, yet there are only a few elderly speakers remaining.

These speakers are mostly located in the villages surrounding the city of Dar es Salaam. Zaramo is thought to be passed down matrilineally to the children in these villages, while it remains critically endangered in the city.

There are very few translations of the language in existence except for a few native speakers' documented translations, and the publication of the New Testament from 1975.

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