Native to Kenya ISO 639-3 sxb | Native speakers 140,000 (2009 census) Glottolog suba1238 | |
Region eastern shore Lake Victoria, Mfangano Island, Rusinga Island Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Logooli–Kuria (E.40)
Suba | ||
The Suba language is the language of Kenya's Suba people. Nearly all are bilingual in Dholuo. The language has many dialects: namely Olusuba which is the main one. Others include Ekisuva and Ekisuba spoken by the different clans.
References
Suba language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA