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Luhya language

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Luhya (/ˈluːjə/; also Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of westernKenya.

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:[4]

  • Wanga (OluWanga)
  • Tsotso (OluTsotso)
  • Marama (OluMarama)
  • Kisa (OluShisa)
  • Kabras (LuKabarasi)
  • East Nyala (LuNyala)

All Luhya subtribes

  1. Banyala
  2. Bukusu
  3. Gisu
  4. Idakho
  5. Isukha
  6. Kabras
  7. Khayo
  8. Kisa
  9. Marachi
  10. Maragoli
  11. Marama
  12. Masaaba
  13. Nyole
  14. Samia
  15. Tachoni
  16. Tiriki
  17. Tsotso
  18. Wanga

Comparison

A comparison between two dialects of Luhya proper, and to two other Bantu languages spoken by the Luhya:

Comparison to Bantu

Phonology

The following is the phonology of the Luwanga dialect:[5]

Vowels

Consonants

References

  1. ↑Osotsi, Eric M. (2018). A Systematic Reconstruction Of The Phonology Of Proto-Luyia (Master of Arts thesis). University of Nairobi.
  2. ↑"639 Identifier Documentation: luy". SIL International.
  3. ↑Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. ↑Maho (2019)
  5. ↑Abdulmajid, Akidah Mohammed (2000). Luwanga morphophonemics: a natural generative phonology. University of Nairobi.
  • Musimbi Kanyoro (1989), "Los abaluyia de Kenia; un pueblo, una lengua: ¿Qué se puede aprender del proyecto Luyia?": Los abaluyia del oeste de Kenia. (p. 27).
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