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Isuxa Language
Idakho, Isukha, and Tiriki (''Luidakho, Luisukha, Lutirichi'') are mutually intelligible Kenyan languages within the Luhya ethnic group. They are a set of languages closely related to some other Luhya ethnic groups like Maragoli, but less so in comparison to others, like Bukusu, Tachoni or Samia. Tiriki Tiriki, or known by the autoglossonym Lutirichi, is a language variety spoken in western Kenya and eastern Uganda within the Luyia language, Luyia language family. It is the southeasternmost of the Luyia dialects, spoken primarily in Hamisi Constituency in Vihiga County, Western Province, Kenya. As reported in the 15th ed. of the Ethnologue, a 1980 survey by Bernd Heine and Wilhelm Möhlig estimated there to be 100,000 speakers of Tiriki. The 17th ed. of the Ethnologue indicates a Tiriki-speaking population of 210,000 based on the 2009 Kenyan census, which surveyed ethnicity not language. Phonology References {{Authority control Languages of Kenya Great Lakes Bantu l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idakho Tribe (Luhya)
The Idakho ''(Abitakho, Idakho, Abidakho)'' are a Luhya people, Luhya sub-group that reside primarily in the fertile Kakamega District, Western Kenya. Idakho is administratively known as Ikolomani, Ikolomani being the only Constituency in the region. As is the case with the wider Western Province, Idakho, Kakamega is densely populated with its 2007 population estimated at having surpassed 150,000. The Idakho people a subgroup of the Luhya people, Luhya ethnic group were estimated in the 2019 Census of Kenya to number 59,661 people. It is widely believed that the Bidakho are descendants of Mwitakho. Scarcity of land and the Bidakho's changing lifestyles have made the people diversify with many today engaging in dairy farming and on a smaller scale, tea farming. Maize however is the most widely grown crop, supplying their staple food, bushuma. It is harvested bi-annually.They are known for Isukuti (Mwinuyu) Dance, drum making, and bullfighting. The traditional life however o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |