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Greater Luyia languages

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Subgroup of Great Lakes Bantu languages spoken in Kenya and Uganda

Greater Luyia
Geographic distribution	Western Province (Kenya),Bugisu sub-region,Busia District,Butaleja District
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Greater Luyia
Proto-language	Proto-Greater Luyia^[1]^[2]
Subdivisions	Logooli Luhya
Language codes
Glottolog	`grea1291`

TheGreater Luyia languages (also spelledLuhyia orLuhya) are a subgroup of the great Lakes Bantu languages spoken inWestern Kenya andEastern Uganda

Classification

The Greater Luyia languages are classified by Glottolog as follows:^[3]^[4]

Greater Luyia
- Logooli
- Luhya
  - Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki
  - Samia-Wanga-Bukusu
    - Northern Luyia
      - Bukusu
      - Masaba
    - Saamia-Wanga
      - Central Eastern Luyia
        Kabarasi-Tachoni-Nyala East
        East Nyala
        Kabras
        Tachoni
        Kisa-Marama-Tsotso
        Kisa
        Marama
        Tsotso
        Nyole
        Wanga
      - Western Luyia
        Marachi-Khayo
        Khayo
        Marachi
        Saamiaic
        Nyole
        Saamia
        West Nyala

References

^Schoenbrun, David Lee (1998).A Green Place, a Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century. Boydell & Brewer, Limited. p. 46.ISBN 978-0-85255-681-8.
^Osotsi, Eric M. (2018).A Systematic Recontruction Of The Phonology Of Proto-Luyia (Master of Arts thesis). University of Nairobi.
^"Family: Greater Luyia".Glottolog. Retrieved7 March 2025.
^Hinnebusch, Thomas J.; Nurse, Derek; Mould, Martin Joel (1981).Studies in the Classification of Eastern Bantu Languages. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. pp. 181–236.ISBN 3871185116.

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