Native to Kenya Native speakers 310,000 (2009 census) Glottolog nyor1244 | Region Vihiga District ISO 639-3 nyd | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Masaba–Luhya (J.30)
Nyole | ||
Nyole (also Olunyole, Lunyole, Lunyore, Nyoole, Nyore, Olunyore) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people in Vihiga District, Kenya. There is 61% lexical similarity with a related but different Nyole dialect in Uganda.
The Nyore people border the Luo, Maragoli and Kisa Luhya tribes.
References
Nyole language (Kenya) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA