Ekegusii
E820926
Ekegusii is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Abagusii people of western Kenya.
All labels observed (1)
| 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
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.