Chagga love poem
Kilola
Kiyamu kyavo kilolenyi
Utungaji woko wo mwisho
Ila nyi owinyi mnu ireka
Nkya mwisho ngakukunda
Translated into kichagga by Dotcho

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Chagga woman
Somebody told me the she was Chagga. So i have asked to get this translation into chagga (chaga, kichagga, kimochi, kimoshi, moshi, mosi, old moshi), the Bantu language of the chagga people (kichagga, wachagga or dschagga), in Tanzania and Kenya. 700,000 people speak chagga.
The Chaggas
This tribe, a melting pot of various groups coming to the foot of Kilimanjaro, used ingenious systems of irrigation in terraces, which sometimes earned them the nickname of "Asiatics of Africa". They cultivated mainly cotton, coffee arabica, bananas and cereals. Their culture is rich in traditional musical instruments, drums and flutes, that they shape with art, and use in joyful festivals made of dances. Their oral traditions made of legends are rich and varied.
Neighboring languages
West kilimanjaro poem
West kilimanjaro poem
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Poem translated into chagga (481 languages)