Ekegusii

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Ekegusii is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Abagusii people of western Kenya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ekegusii canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Kuria language
Logooli language
Luhya languages
continent Africa
country Kenya
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Egesigisi
Gusii language
linked to: Kisii language

Kisii language
hasCommunity Abagusii diaspora in urban Kenya
hasDialects Bosongo dialect
Maate dialect
Majoge dialect
North Mugirango dialect
Rogoro dialect
South Mugirango dialect
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue:guz
hasGlottocode ekeg1238
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology
subject-verb-object word order
hasNounClasses singular-plural pairings
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone
hasVerbalFeature rich tense-aspect system
subject and object agreement prefixes
ISO639-3Code guz
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
languageOf Abagusii culture
macroArea Niger-Congo languages
region Kisii County
Nyamira County
spokenBy Abagusii people
Kisii people
spokenIn Kenya
western Kenya
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu
Narrow Bantu
usedAlongside English
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
usedIn local administration in Kisii region
local radio broadcasting in Kisii region
oral literature of Abagusii people
primary education in some schools in Kisii region
traditional songs of Abagusii people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyanza region hasLanguage Ekegusii
Kisii languageSpoken Ekegusii
Nyamira County majorLanguage Ekegusii
Kisii County languageSpoken Ekegusii
Nyamira languageUsed Ekegusii
Kisii people language Ekegusii