Sagalla language

Sagalla
Kisagala
Native toKenya
EthnicityTaita people
Native speakers
(undated figure of 100,000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tga
Glottologsaga1262
E.74[2]
ELPSagalla

Sagalla (also known as Kisagala, Kisagalla, Sagala, Teri or Saghala)[3] is a Bantu language of Kenya.[4] [5]It is closely related to the Chaga languages of Kenya and Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ Sagalla at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Sagalla | Endangered Languages Project". www.endangeredlanguages.com. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  4. ^ Barasa, David (2023-09-08). "Language ideologies, policies and practices within the multilingual Kenyan context". Journal of Linguistics, Literary and Communication Studies. 2 (1): 55–62. doi:10.58721/jllcs.v2i1.336. ISSN 2957-8477.
  5. ^ Patin, Cédric (2009). "Tone Shift and Tone Spread in the Saghala Noun Phrase" (PDF). Faits de langues (1): 229–243. ISSN 1244-5460 – via FRANCIS.