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Note 4: For examples of this principle in Ruvu, see G. Bombwe, "Some Traditional Prayers of the Luguru," Cahiers des Religions Africaines 9 (1970): 253. back
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Among Zaramo and Luguru it was said that the owner of trees is the owner of the land.
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The depth and layers of their histories may be somewhat revealed in that they consider both Mgeta and Bunduki their oldest homeland areas. 110 Additionally, Young and Fosbrooke found that "some [Luguru] state that they came from the Bena tribe [Njombe], lying to the south, and others, from the coastal region or from the north."
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If a Luguru doesn't bear a child his father takes him to a [doctor-diviner].
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At the same time, they were conceivably incorporating eastward-oriented Luguru speakers into their society.
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These cases provide the first examples of the upwardly skewed cognation rates between the Sagala and Luguru languages.
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To highlight this point, we should take a moment to consider immediate examples of three words that were incorporated into East Ruvu's Luguru language after 1000 CE.
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The Doe may have made just a slight move northward, settling into the areas inland from modern-day Bagamoyo, while the Luguru made their way south into the mountainous zones of the Uluguru.
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The Kutu moved westward nearer to the Luguru, while Zalamo speakers remained in the central hinter-coastal zones. 99
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An examination of the words for "bone" and "feather" sheds light not only on the exchange between Luguru and other West Ruvu languages but also on their timing.
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