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Greater Luyia Languages
The Greater Luyia languages (also spelled Luhyia or Luhya) are a subgroup of the great Lakes Bantu languages spoken in Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda Classification The Greater Luyia languages are classified by Glottolog as follows: *Greater Luyia ** Logooli **Luhya *** Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki ***Samia-Wanga-Bukusu ****Northern Luyia *****Bukusu ***** Masaba ****Saamia-Wanga *****Central Eastern Luyia ******Kabarasi-Tachoni-Nyala East *******East Nyala *******Kabras *******Tachoni ******Kisa-Marama-Tsotso ******* Kisa ******* Marama *******Tsotso ****** Nyole ******Wanga *****Western Luyia ******Marachi-Khayo *******Khayo *******Marachi The Marachi are one of sixteen tribes of the Luhya people of Kenya, making up approximately one percent of the Luyha.Kremer, Michael, and Edward Miguel. ''Networks, social learning, and technology adoption: the case of deworming drugs in Kenya''. ... ******Saamiaic ******* Nyole ******* Saamia ******West Nyala References {{reflist Bantu languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Province (Kenya)
Western Province () was one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi. It is inhabited mainly by the Luhya people. Quakerism is widely practised here. Kenya's second highest mountain, Mount Elgon is located in Bungoma District. The Kakamega Forest rainforest is part of the area. The province capital was Kakamega. After the 2013 general election, and the coming into effect of Kenya's new constitution, provinces became defunct and the country is currently divided into 47 counties. Each county has its own government and therefore there is no central regional capital. Western Province became the Western region, comprising four counties: Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga, and Busia. Kakamega is the seat of government for Kakamega County, Bungoma County has its seat in Bungoma town, Busia County has the Assembly in Busia, Vihiga County in Vihiga Town. All the County governments and governors are answerable to the people not to the national government. Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Region, Uganda
The Eastern region is one of four Regions of Uganda, regions in Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was . Districts , the Eastern Region contained 32 Districts of Uganda, districts: References External links Google Map of the Eastern Region of Uganda {{Districts of Uganda Eastern Region, Uganda, Regions of Uganda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samia Language
Samia (Saamia) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Uganda and Kenya. ''Ethnologue'' includes Songa as a dialect, but it may be a separate language.Maho (2009) See also * Luhya language Luhya (; also Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya. Dialects The various Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are no closer to each other than they are to neighboring ... References Languages of Kenya Languages of Uganda Luhya language {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marachi Language
Marachi is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people The Luhya (also known as ''Abaluhyia'' or Luhyia) are a Bantu people and the second largest ethnic group in Kenya. The Luhya belong to the larger linguistic stock known as the Bantu. The Luhya are located in Western Province (Kenya), western Ken ... of Kenya. References Languages of Kenya Languages of Uganda Luhya language {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khayo Language
Khayo (''Xaayo'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. .... References Further reading * * Languages of Kenya Languages of Uganda Luhya language {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanga Language
Luhya (; also Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of Western Province (Kenya), western Kenya. Dialects The various Luhya people, Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are no closer to each other than they are to neighboring non-Luhya languages. For example, the Bukusu people are ethnically Luhya, but the Bukusu dialect is a variety of Masaba language, Masaba. (See Luhya people for details.) However, there is a core of mutually intelligible dialects that comprise Luhya proper: *Wanga *Tsotso *Marama *Kisa *Kabras *East Nyala All Luhya subtribes #Banyala #Bukusu #Gisu people #Idakho #Isukha #Kabras #Khayo #Kisa tribe #Marachi #Maragoli #Marama tribe, Marama #Masaba language, Masaaba #Nyole tribe, Nyole #Samia tribe, Samia #Tachoni #Tiriki #Tsotso #Wanga Kingdom, Wanga Comparison A comparison between two dialects of Luhya proper, and to two other Bantu languages spoken by the Luhya: Comparison to Bantu Phonolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyole Language (Kenya)
Nyole (also ''Olunyole, Lunyole, Lunyore, Nyoole, Nyore, Olunyore'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people in Vihiga District, Kenya. There is 61% lexical similarity with a related but different Nyole dialect in Uganda. The Nyore people border the Luo, Maragoli and Kisa Luhya tribes. See also * Luhya language Luhya (; also Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya. Dialects The various Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are no closer to each other than they are to neighboring ... References Languages of Kenya Luhya language {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsotso Language
Luhya (; also Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya. Dialects The various Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are no closer to each other than they are to neighboring non-Luhya languages. For example, the Bukusu people are ethnically Luhya, but the Bukusu dialect is a variety of Masaba. (See Luhya people for details.) However, there is a core of mutually intelligible dialects that comprise Luhya proper: *Wanga *Tsotso *Marama *Kisa *Kabras *East Nyala All Luhya subtribes #Banyala #Bukusu #Gisu people #Idakho #Isukha #Kabras #Khayo #Kisa tribe #Marachi #Maragoli # Marama # Masaaba # Nyole # Samia #Tachoni #Tiriki #Tsotso #Wanga The Wanga kingdom is a traditional Realm, kingdom within Kenya, consisting of the Wanga (Abawanga) tribe of the Luhya people (Abaluyia). At its peak the kingdom covered an expansive area from Jinja, Uganda, Jinja in west to Naivasha in the East ... Comparison A compari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaba Language
Masaba (''Lumasaaba''), sometimes known as Gisu (''Lugisu'') after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by more than two million people in East Africa. The Gisu dialect in eastern Uganda is mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken by ethnic Luhya in western Kenya. ''Masaba'' is the local name of Mount Elgon and the name of the son of the ancestor of the Gisu tribe. Like other Bantu languages, Lumasaba nouns are divided into several sets of noun classes. These are similar to the genders in Germanic and Romance languages, except that instead of the usual two or three, there are around eighteen different noun classes. The language has a quite complex verb morphology. Varieties Varieties of Masaba are as follows:Maho (2009) *Gisu (''Lugisu'') *Kisu *Bukusu (''Lubukusu''; ethnic Luhya) *Syan *Tachoni (''Lutachoni''; ethnic Luhya) *Dadiri (''Ludadiri'') *Buya (''Lubuya'') Dadiri is spoken in the north, Gisu in the center, and Buya in the center and south of Masaba territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukusu Language
Bukusu is a dialect of the Masaba language spoken by the Bukusu tribe of the Luhya people of western Kenya. It is one of several ethnically Luhya dialects; however, it is more closely related to the Gisu dialect of Masaaba in eastern Uganda (and to the other Luhya dialect of Tachoni) than it is to other languages spoken by the Luhya. Phonology Several consonants undergo fortition after nasal consonants: ; Mutonyi (2000) postulates that Bukusu has no phonemic voiced plosives.Jeff Mielke, 2008. ''The emergence of distinctive features'', p 141–142 Variations The language has three main variations: *The dialect spoken north of Kimilili area, with its heaviest influence being noted in the region around Kitale *The dialect spoken west of Webuye town, with its purest form being in the region around, and to the west of, Bungoma *The dialect spoken east of Webuye town, extending into Kakamega and Lugari districts. Of these, the language spoken around Kitale town is usually consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
