Lusamia
E935949
Lusamia is a Bantu language spoken by the Samia people living around the Kenya–Uganda border region in East Africa.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToCluster | Luhya–Samia cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Luhya languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunyole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryDistribution |
Busia County, Kenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Samia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | lusa1247 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Lusamia-Samya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Olusamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Kenyan Lusamia
ⓘ
Ugandan Lusamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighborLanguage |
Luganda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunyole NERFINISHED ⓘ Lusoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tone language ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | lsm ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu ⓘ |
| languageStatus | regional language ⓘ |
| region | Kenya–Uganda border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Samia people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Great Lakes Bantu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ |
| usedIn | daily communication among Samia people ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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