Native to Uganda, Kenya Dialects Samia
Songa (?) | Region Vihiga District ISO 639-3 lsm | |
Native speakers 480,000 (2002 & 2009 censuses) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Masaba–Luhya (J.30)
Samia | ||
Samia (Saamia) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Uganda and Kenya. Ethnologue includes Songa as a dialect, but it may be a separate language.
References
Samia language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA