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ISO 639-3 · lsmlsm
Niger–Congo family

saamia

saamia is a language of the Masaba-Luhya branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya and Uganda. Wikidata describes it as “moyo”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
lsm
Glottocode
saam1283
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
11levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

Namesaamia
Also calledOlusaamia, Saamia, Lusaamia, Samia language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to saamia

The branches above saamia, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch104Northeast Bantubranch40Great Lakes Bantubranch11Masaba-Luhyabranchlsmsaamialanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Kenya68 languages in the indexUganda49 languages in the index

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