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  • Is anyone wagging their finger at Chagga-speakers for having a more prestigious language than Ongamo?

    World Affairs Article: Let Languages Die 2010

  • In Tanzania, almost all Ongamo speakers have abandoned their native language in favor of Chagga, a more prestigious Bantu language.

    World Affairs Article: Let Languages Die 2010

  • The area surrounding the mountain is quite heavily populated principally by the Chagga people and the northern and western slopes of the Forest Reserve surrounding the National Park has 18 medium to large 'forest villages'.

    Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania 2009

  • A new type of agriculture emerged toward the end of this period, practiced on the highland slopes of the Pare Mountains by the proto-Chagga (a blend of Nilotes, Cushites, and Bantu) and based on intensive cultivation of bananas, probably introduced by Indonesian traders.

    d. East Africa 2001

  • It is widely distributed all over Tanzania (Watt and Brandwijk 1969) and it is known by different vernacular names; e.g. Mvumbasi (Swahili), Mkamba (Chagga) and Mwatabazimu (Haya) etc.

    Chapter 7 1991

  • Sebastian's long running affair with nature started at a tender age when he was encouraged by his father, a traditional Chagga herbalist to plant trees and plants of all species.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Sebastian's long running affair with nature started at a tender age when he was encouraged by his father, a traditional Chagga herbalist to plant trees and plants of all species.

    Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed 2009

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