fbpx
Wikipedia

Nyole language (Kenya)

Nyole (also Olunyole, Lunyole, Lunyore, Nyoole, Nyore, Olunyore) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people in Vihiga District, Kenya. There is 61% lexical similarity with a related but different Nyole dialect in Uganda.

Nyole
Olunyole
Native toKenya
RegionVihiga District
Native speakers
310,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nyd
Glottolognyor1244
JE.33[2]

The Nyore people border the Luo, Maragoli and Kisa Luhya tribes.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nyole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009.


nyole, language, kenya, nyole, also, olunyole, lunyole, lunyore, nyoole, nyore, olunyore, bantu, language, spoken, luhya, people, vihiga, district, kenya, there, lexical, similarity, with, related, different, nyole, dialect, uganda, nyoleolunyolenative, tokeny. Nyole also Olunyole Lunyole Lunyore Nyoole Nyore Olunyore is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people in Vihiga District Kenya There is 61 lexical similarity with a related but different Nyole dialect in Uganda NyoleOlunyoleNative toKenyaRegionVihiga DistrictNative speakers310 000 2009 census 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoBenue CongoBantoidBantuNortheast BantuGreat Lakes BantuMasaba Luhya J 30 NyoleLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code nyd class extiw title iso639 3 nyd nyd a Glottolognyor1244Guthrie codeJE 33 2 The Nyore people border the Luo Maragoli and Kisa Luhya tribes See also editLuhya languageReferences edit Nyole at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Jouni Filip Maho 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online nbsp This Bantu language related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nyole language Kenya amp oldid 1211576164, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.