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Kisegeju/Dhaisu is a language that is supposed to be spoken by the Segeju communities of Tanzania and Kenya. There are only estimates about the number of speakersethnologue but no reliable data exists about how many exactly speak the language, the social groups, age range, sex, no. of other languages spoken and their relations with languages such as Kifundi and Kivumba. There are two communities that claim the identity of the Segeju. One is the communities that live in the coastal belt of Tanzania and Kenya in areas from Pangani in Tanzani to as far as the Shimoni, Msambweni area of Kenya. And there is another community that lives in the mountainous area of Bwiti and Daluni in Tanga, Tanzania. They call themselves Segeju and call their language is Dhaisu. The Segeju of Bwiti and Daluni assert their language is close to Kidogo but it is not Kidogo and neither is it close to the Kisegeju spoken in coastal areas. The Segeju also have several mythologies and ethno-histories about contact with the Oromo speaking peoples. They refer to the Oromo speaking people as "Wagala", a term that has come under severe critique because of its connotations with backwardness and warrior-complex.