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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI927292

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Title:Coordinates of villages
Village_names
Documenting the Dowe language
Coverage:Tanzania
Date:2013-01-18
Description:Coordinates of villages and names of villages.
Summary of deposit The Dowe language is a Bantu language spoken in the hinterland of the Indian Ocean coast in some villages of Msata and Miono Ward (Bagamoyo District, Coast Region) of the United Republic of Tanzania. “Ethnologue” claims that there were 24,000 Dowe speakers in 1987. The Language Atlas (MLT 2009:3) lists 7,944 Dowe speakers. The language can be rated highly endangered for the low number of Dowe-speakers, the lack of intergenerational language transfer and the heavy influence of Swahili. This collection will include material from fieldwork conducted between 2012-2013 and is expected to deposit in the near future. Group represented Dowe. Language information The Dowe language (autonym Chidowe, xenonym Kidoe, Doe) is a small Bantu language of Guthrie’s G zone. It is spoken in the hinterland of the Indian Ocean coast in some villages of Msata and Miono Ward (Bagamoyo District, Coast Region) of the United Republic of Tanzania. “Ethnologue” claims that there were 24,000 Dowe speakers in 1987. The Language Atlas (MLT 2009:3) lists 7,944 Dowe speakers. The language can be rated highly endangered due to the low number of Dowe-speakers, the lack of intergenerational language transfer and the heavy influence of Swahili. Acknowledgement This deposit is the result of generous ELDP funding and committed fieldwork as well as text editing in close cooperation with Dowe language experts.
Provides coordinates of villages, the names of 14 villages, and the population of some villages.
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI927292
0269-legere-dowe
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI927292%23
Publisher:Karsten Legere
Subject:Place names
Place names, locations, population
English language
Doe language
Swahili (macrolanguage)
Swahili
Subject (ISO639):eng
doe
swa

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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI927292
DateStamp:  2016-07-14
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Citation: n.a. 2013-01-18. Karsten Legere.
Terms: area_Africa area_Europe country_GB country_TZ iso639_doe iso639_eng iso639_swa

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Country: United KingdomTanzania
Area: AfricaEurope


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