Kisankasa

Kisankasa

The Kisankasa are an ethnic and linguistic group based in northern Tanzania. [citation|title=Language Death: Factual and Theoretical Explorations with Special Reference to East Africa |author= Matthias Brenzinger|year=1993|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|url= http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN3110134047&id=iKHOeLDvUVgC&pg=RA1-PA305&lpg=RA1-PA305&ots=NQHqs0bQqa&dq=Kisankasa&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=4Khlr7NNQb2zTC9WXt9PmgRURxQ |id=ISBN 3110134047] In 1987 the Kisankasa population was estimated to number 4,670 [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kqh Languages of Tanzania] ] . The Kisankasa are distinct from other groups often called Dorobo.

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