Kisa_dialect_(Luhya)

Luhya language

Luhya language

Bantu language spoken in Kenya

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

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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]

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

Comparison

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

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Comparison to Bantu

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Phonology

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

Vowels

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Consonants

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References

  1. [1]
    Luhya at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Marama at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Wanga (Hanga) at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Kisa at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Tsotso at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Kabras at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    (East) Nyala at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    "639 Identifier Documentation: luy". SIL International.
  3. [3]
    Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. [4]
    Maho (2019)
  5. [5]
    Abdulmajid, Akidah Mohammed (2000). Luwanga morphophonemics: a natural generative phonology. University of Nairobi.
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