Pokomo (''Kipfokomo'') is a
Bantu language spoken primarily along the
East African coast near
Tana River in the
Tana River District by the
Pokomo people of
Kenya
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. Kipfokomo language originated from "Kingozi" the language, which Kiswahili was built from. "Kingozi" language is the precursor of Kiswahili. Pokomos are the only tribe in the world that speak "Kingozi" and sometimes are referred to as wangozi because they used to wear skins (Ngozi). All adult speakers of Pokomo are
bilingual in
Swahili, parts of East Africa's
lingua franca.
There is high of lexical similarity between other languages like
Mvita (63%),
Amu (61%),
Mrima (60%),
Kigiryama (59%),
Chidigo (58%) or
Bajun (57%).
References
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Languages of Kenya
Mijikenda
Tana River (Kenya)
Tana River County