Sukuma
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A language spoken in northwestern Tanzania by the Sukuma people
- proper noun
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sukuma
- The Sukuma language has no word for malnutrition (Lupande), and the concept of a specific food type as a cause of ill health does not exist in classical Sukuma medicine.
Examples
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The Sukuma language is rich in cultural expressions and idioms unique to the Sukuma people.
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The Sukuma word for famine is nzala, which means hunger.
Academic text (1991) -
Many children in northwestern Tanzania learn the Sukuma language as their first means of communication.
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In language classes, students are taught the basics of Sukuma to better understand the local culture.
Surface Forms
Sukuma main
Etymology
The word Sukuma for the language comes from the name of the people, so the Sukuma language is simply the speech of the Sukuma people in northwestern Tanzania. That's why the language name matches the community that speaks it.