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Chagga

Chagga

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A language spoken by people on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania
  • noun
: chagga
  • The Chagga language is still widely spoken on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Examples

  • She learned basic greetings in Chagga before traveling to Tanzania.

  • Many songs and oral histories are preserved in Chagga.

  • The Chagga language has many dialects.

  • Do you speak Chagga?

  • Many songs and oral histories are preserved in Chagga.

  • She learned basic greetings in Chagga before traveling to Tanzania.

  • The Chagga language is still widely spoken on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Synonyms

Chagga language
vsChagga
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A language spoken by the Chagga people in northern Tanzania

is the shorter single-word name without the extra noun
Chaga language
vsChagga
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A language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania

keeps identical meaning but uses the alternate standard spelling
Chaga
vsChagga
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A language spoken by the Chaga people on Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania

is the full term including the noun language
Kichaga language
vsChagga
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A language spoken by the Chaga people on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania

uses the same core name but lacks the Ki prefix
Kichaga
vsChagga
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A language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania

is the common name without the Ki prefix or added noun

Compounds

Chagga language
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A language spoken by the Chagga people in northern Tanzania

Surface Forms

Chagga singular
Chaggas plural

Etymology

Chagga is the name of the people who live on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and the language is simply named after those people, much like English is named after England. So Chagga today means the language spoken by the Chagga people.