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Linguist
Christopher Ehret suggests that around the fifth and sixth centuries BC, the speakers of the Southern Nilotic languages split into two major divisions - the proto-Kalenjin and the proto-Datooga. The former took shape among those residing to the north of the Mau range while the latter took
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speaking communities, who kept domestic stock and possibly cultivated sorghum and finger millet, lived next to an
Eastern Cushitic speaking community with whom they had significant cultural interaction. The general location of this point of cultural exchange being somewhere near the common border
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are often divergent enough to make comprehension difficult, though
Barabayiiga and Gisamjanga are very close. The Datooga have interacted with neighboring ethnic groups since at least the 19th century, and the Datooga leader
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Ehret, Christopher. An
African Classical Age: Eastern & Southern Africa in World History 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. University of Virginia, 1998, pp.161–164
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African Classical Age: Eastern & Southern Africa in World History 1000 B.C. to A.D.400. University of Virginia, 1998, p.7
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He suggests that the cultural exchange perceived in borrowed loan words, adoption of the practice of circumcision and the
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From
Hunters to Farmers: The Causes and Consequences of Food Production in Africa
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Linguist
Christopher Ehret proposes that between 1000 and 700 BC, the
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19:Ethnic group
1787:Lake Natron
1673:Lake Duluti
730:Kilimanjaro
290:Barabayiiga
231:Abbai River
1802:Categories
1749:Mount Meru
1652:Mumba Cave
1446:Immigrants
1115:Ndengereko
321:References
167:Wamang'ati
29:Wamang'ati
1704:Usa River
1528:Districts
1519:Capital:
1346:Nyanyembe
1313:Nyamwanga
1226:Shinyanga
1201:Ndendeule
102:Languages
1642:Engaruka
1581:Waarusha
1414:Zanzibar
1341:Nyamwezi
1244:Nyamwezi
950:Morogoro
925:Nyakyusa
824:Barabaig
766:Machinga
695:Holoholo
239:Khartoum
180:Tanzania
174:) are a
154:peoples
152:Cushitic
122:Religion
78:Tanzania
1699:Namanga
1637:Laetoli
1601:Datooga
1596:Hadzabe
1436:Swahili
1431:Shirazi
1404:Swahili
1351:Swahili
1290:Nyaturu
1272:Singida
1191:Matengo
1168:Tumbuka
1125:Swahili
1016:Swahili
1001:Makonde
983:Vidunda
887:Ngurimi
834:Kw'adza
806:Manyara
796:Swahili
781:Makonde
771:Matumbi
715:Swahili
705:Manyema
657:Konongo
614:Hangaza
540:Sandawe
520:Burunge
492:Swahili
454:Datooga
315:Saigilo
221:Origins
202:History
176:Nilotic
172:Swahili
162:Datooga
116:Swahili
108:Datooga
23:Datooga
1694:Karatu
1689:Arusha
1657:Peninj
1616:Maasai
1521:Arusha
1426:Hadimu
1416:&
1399:Zigula
1394:Sambaa
1389:Segeju
1374:Dhaiso
1369:Bondei
1333:Tabora
1323:Lambya
1308:Malila
1300:Songwe
1285:Isanzu
1280:Iramba
1262:Sukuma
1254:Simiyu
1239:Sukuma
1234:Iramba
1183:Ruvuma
1163:Mambwe
1135:Zigula
1130:Zaramo
1120:Rufiji
1082:Pangwa
1054:Njombe
1044:Sukuma
1039:Kerewe
1026:Mwanza
1011:Maviha
993:Mtwara
978:Sagara
973:Pogolo
968:Luguru
958:Kaguru
902:Zanaki
844:Mbugwe
839:Maasai
791:Ngindo
786:Ndonde
738:Chagga
710:Tongwe
677:Kigoma
667:Rungwa
662:Pimbwe
639:Katavi
624:Nyambo
606:Kagera
596:Ndamba
591:Mbunga
578:Iringa
563:Sumbwa
558:Sukuma
530:Gorowa
515:Alagwa
507:Dodoma
497:Zaramo
474:Maasai
449:Arusha
441:Arusha
283:Bajuta
130:&
114:&
75:
1782:Gelai
1611:Iraqw
1606:Sonjo
1469:Arabs
1418:Pemba
1384:Ngulu
1379:Mbugu
1361:Tanga
1318:Ndali
1211:Nindi
1206:Ngoni
1196:Mpoto
1173:Wanda
1158:Lungu
1145:Rukwa
1097:Pwani
1087:Wanji
1077:Manda
1067:Kinga
1006:Makua
940:Sangu
935:Safwa
930:Nyiha
920:Kimbu
912:Mbeya
882:Kuria
877:Kabwa
867:Ikoma
862:Ikizu
829:Iraqw
776:Mwera
758:Lindi
743:Ngasa
720:Vinza
652:Bende
647:Bembe
629:Shubi
568:Zinza
550:Geita
535:Rangi
469:Sonjo
459:Hadza
112:Iraqw
1586:Meru
1153:Fipa
1110:Kami
1072:Kisi
1062:Bena
1034:Kara
963:Kutu
897:Ware
892:Suba
872:Jita
854:Mara
814:Akie
748:Pare
700:Jiji
685:Goma
619:Haya
586:Hehe
525:Gogo
464:Meru
160:The
1216:Yao
1105:Doe
819:Asa
186:of
170:in
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