Aramanik language

Aramanik language
Aramanik
Spoken in Tanzania
Region Arusha Region
Native speakers 3000  (2002)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aam

Aramanik (Laramanik) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in the Arusha Region of Tanzania by 3,000 people. It is the primary language of the hunter-gatherer Aramanik, who have limited comprehension of other languages. The Aramanik are also called derogatory Dorobo (Ndorobo).[1]

References

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth Edition. Dallas, TX: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aam. 

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