Samia language
"Songa language" redirects here. For the purported Songa language of DRC, see Buyu language.
| Samia | |
|---|---|
| Olusaamia | |
| Native to | Uganda, Kenya |
| Region | Vihiga District |
Native speakers | 480,000 (2002 & 2009 censuses)[1] |
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Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
lsm |
| Glottolog |
saam1283[2] |
JE.34,343[3] | |
Samia (Saamia) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Uganda and Kenya. Ethnologue includes Songa as a dialect, but it may be a separate language.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Samia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Saamia". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Maho (2009)
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