Luhya languages
E614311
The Luhya languages are a closely related group of Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Luhya people in western Kenya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luhya languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| areCloselyRelated | each other ⓘ |
| arePartOf | Kenyan indigenous languages ⓘ |
| areSometimesClassifiedAs |
dialects of a single Luhya language
ⓘ
separate but closely related languages ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf | comparative Bantu linguistic research ⓘ |
| areUsedFor |
daily communication among Luhya communities
ⓘ
local media in western Kenya ⓘ primary education in some schools ⓘ |
| coexistWith |
English
ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Luhya people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | luhy1248 (for the cluster as a whole) ⓘ |
| haveLinguisticFeatures |
agglutinative verbal morphology
ⓘ
noun class system typical of Bantu ⓘ |
| haveWritingSystem | Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includeVariety |
Lubukusu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lukabras NERFINISHED ⓘ Lukhayo ⓘ Lukisa ⓘ Lulogooli NERFINISHED ⓘ Lumarachi ⓘ Lumarama NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunyala (Bunyala) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunyore NERFINISHED ⓘ Lusamia ⓘ Lushisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lusoga (sometimes classified separately but closely related) ⓘ Lutachoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Lutsotso NERFINISHED ⓘ Luwanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Luwiikhondi (Wikhondi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso6393Code | various codes for individual varieties (e.g., bxk for Lubukusu, rag for Lulogooli) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| region | East Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Luhya people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subFamily | Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subGroup | Northeast Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.