Ekegusii

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Ekegusii is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Abagusii people of western Kenya.

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Label Occurrences
Ekegusii canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Kuria language NERFINISHED
Logooli language NERFINISHED
Luhya languages NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Kenya
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Egesigisi NERFINISHED
Gusii language NERFINISHED
Kisii language NERFINISHED
hasCommunity Abagusii diaspora in urban Kenya
hasDialects Bosongo dialect NERFINISHED
Maate dialect NERFINISHED
Majoge dialect
North Mugirango dialect
Rogoro dialect NERFINISHED
South Mugirango dialect
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue:guz NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode ekeg1238
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology
subject-verb-object word order
hasNounClasses singular-plural pairings
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone
hasVerbalFeature rich tense-aspect system
subject and object agreement prefixes
ISO639-3Code guz
languageFamily Bantu NERFINISHED
languageOf Abagusii culture NERFINISHED
macroArea Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED
region Kisii County NERFINISHED
Nyamira County NERFINISHED
spokenBy Abagusii people NERFINISHED
Kisii people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Kenya NERFINISHED
western Kenya NERFINISHED
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu NERFINISHED
Narrow Bantu NERFINISHED
usedAlongside English NERFINISHED
Swahili NERFINISHED
usedIn local administration in Kisii region
local radio broadcasting in Kisii region
oral literature of Abagusii people
primary education in some schools in Kisii region
traditional songs of Abagusii people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Nyanza region hasLanguage Ekegusii