The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are the Bantu languages spoken along the coast of

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and

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, and including inland Tanzania as far as Dodoma.Derek Nurse & Thomas Spear, 1985, ''The Swahili'' In Guthrie's geographic classification, they fall within Bantu zones G and E. The languages, or clusters, are: *Pare-Taveta (G20+E70): **Pareic ***

Pare Pare may refer to: People with the name * Emmett Paré (1907-1973), tennis player * Pare, former member of Kotak, an Indonesian band * Pare Lorentz (1905-1992), American film director * Richard Pare (born 1948), English photographer * Paré, a ...

Mbugu Maʼa is a Bantu language of Tanzania. The Mbugu people speak two divergent register (sociolinguistics), registers, which have been treated as separate languages by some authorities (e.g. Tucker and Bryan): Mbugu or "Normal Mbugu" (autonym kiM ...

** Taveta * Sabaki (G40+E70): Swahili, Nyika, Comorian ''etc.'' *Seuta (G20+G30): Shambala,

Bondei The Bondei People ( Swahili: ''Wabondei'') are a Bantu ethnic group based in Pangani District in east Tanga Region in northeastern Tanzania. Bondei speak a Bantu language and are related to the Shambaa ethnic group.. The name "Bondei" was given ...

, Zigula ( Mushungulu), Ngulu *Ruvu (G30+G10): Gogo,

Sagara Sagara may refer to: People * Sagara (ethnic group), a people of Tanzania * Sagara (Vedic king), Ikshvaku dynasty * Sagara clan, a clan of 16th century Japan * Sekihotai (Sagara Souzou), a leader of the Sekihotai military unit during the Boshin ...

, Vidunda,

Kaguru The Kaguru, or Kagulu, are a Bantu ethno-linguistic group based in central Tanzania. The population of Kaguru was predicted to be 217,000 in 1987. Geography Ukagura (Kaguraland, about 3,600 square miles) is located around 200 miles west of the ...

, Luguru, Kutu,

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, Zaramo, Kwere, Doe The Ruvu languages are 60–70% similar lexically.

(Ma'a) is a mixed language based largely on Pare.

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