Nyole language (Kenya)

Nyole
Nyole
Olunyole
Native to	Kenya
Region	Vihiga District
Native speakers	310,000 (2009 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Masaba–Luhya (J.30) Nyole; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nyd
Glottolog	nyor1244
Guthrie code	JE.33

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 at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[e18-1] Nyole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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Nyole
Olunyole
Native to	Kenya
Region	Vihiga District
Native speakers	310,000 (2009 census)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Masaba–Luhya (J.30) Nyole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nyd`
Glottolog	`nyor1244`
Guthrie code	`JE.33`^[2]

Nyole language (Kenya)

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