ISO 639-3 · bxkbxk
Niger–Congo family
Bukusu
Bukusu is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya and Uganda. Wikidata describes it as “dialect of the Masaba language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bxk- Glottocode
buku1249- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bukusu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lubukusu, Bukusu dialect |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Bukusu
The branches above Bukusu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Kenya
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous