Greater Luyia languages

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

The Greater Luyia languages (also spelled Luhyia or Luhya) are a subgroup of the great Lakes Bantu languages spoken in Western Kenya and Eastern 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

1. 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.
2. Osotsi, Eric M. (2018). A Systematic Reconstruction Of The Phonology Of Proto-Luyia (Master of Arts thesis). University of Nairobi.
3. "Family: Greater Luyia". Glottolog. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
4. 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.