Zigua also known as Zigula or Chizigua is a language spoken in Northern Pwani Region and western southern Tanga Region in Tanzania and Jamaame, Kismayo, Mogadishu, and the Juba River valley in Somalia by the Wazigula people.
Zigua language has approximately 500,000 native speakers.
The language has 2 dialects; Mushunguli and Zigula.
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What's the word for 'cryptocurrency'?
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