Samia language
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]
"Songa language" redirects here. For the purported Songa language of DRC, see Buyu language.
| Samia | |
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| Olusaamia | |
| Native to | Uganda, Kenya |
| Region | Busia District |
Native speakers | 480,000 (2002 & 2009 censuses)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lsm |
| Glottolog | saam1283[2] |
JE.34,343[3] | |
See also
References
- Samia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Saamia". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Maho (2009)
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