ISO 639-3 · luyluy
Niger–Congo family · macrolanguage
Luhya
Luhya is a macrolanguage of the Masaba-Luhya branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of western Kenya”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
luy- Glottocode
luyi1234- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Wikipedia
- 17 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
11levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Luhya |
|---|---|
| Also called | Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhya language, Luhia |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Luhya yet.
family tree
From Niger–Congo to Luhya
The branches above Luhya, 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