Dodoma Region The Burunge or Burungi (Waburungi, in Swahili) are a Cushitic ethnic group and among Iraqhw Communities based in the Chemba District of Dodoma Region in central Tanzania.

They speak the Burunge language as a mother tongue, which belongs to the South Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.

[1] The Burunge are native to northeastern Tanzania, in the Chemba District, Dodoma of the Dodoma region, southeast of the Langi, Goima, Chambalo, and Mirambu villages.

[2] Cushitic-speaking Burungi and Sandawe had a tradition of rock painting.

[4] As a result of the formation of the Wildlife Management Areas, and the close proximity to Tarangire National Park, most of the land in this area is used for tourism safaris.