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Gogo, n. and a.1|ˈgəʊgəʊ|
[Bantu, perh. a. Nyamwezi: cf. the Tanzanian place-name Ugogo.]
A. n.
a. A Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the Dodoma region of central Tanzania.
b. The Bantu language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Gogo or their language.
1883R. N. Cust Sk. Mod. Lang. Afr. II. xii. 353 The Language was different from Swahíli and in some respects like Gogo. 1957C. G. Seligman Races Afr. (ed. 3) ix. 197 East Coast Bantu..includes the Sambara and Sagara of north-east Tanzania; the Sango, Gogo, and Hehe of central and southern Tanzania [etc.]. 1969Tanzania Notes & Rec. July 1 In the south of Turu country there are lineages of Gogo and of Nyamwezi descent. 1989Encycl. Brit. V. 332/2 The Gogo language is closely related to that of the Kaguru to the northeast, although culturally the two groups differ greatly. |