• Bukusu is a dialect of the Masaba language spoken by the Bukusu tribe of the Luhya people of western Kenya. It is one of several ethnically Luhya dialects;...
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    The Bukusu people (Bukusu: Babukusu) are one of the 17 Kenyan tribes of the Luhya Bantu people of East Africa residing mainly in the counties of Bungoma...
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  • than they are to neighboring non-Luhya languages. For example, the Bukusu people are ethnically Luhya, but the Bukusu dialect is a variety of Masaba. (See...
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  • Bantu language spoken by more than two million people in East Africa. The Gisu dialect in eastern Uganda is mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken...
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  • Lugisu, a dialect of Lumasaba, a Bantu language. Lugisu is very similar to the Bukusu language spoken of the Bukusu people of Kenya. According to the 2002...
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  • Fortition (category Articles containing Bukusu-language text)
    [ɣ] become p and g as well. In Bukusu, v [β] and w become b, y becomes j [dʒ], and l, r become d. In other languages, voiceless fricatives f, s, hl become...
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  • million (incl. Bukusu 1.2 million) Gusii 2.7 million Meru 2.0 million Mijikenda/Giriama ca. 1 million Nilotic Dholuo 5.0 million Kalenjin languages 4.6 million...
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  • Kevin Vangu Phambu Bukusu (born 27 February 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender. Bukusu have played youth football for several...
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  • Bernard Boloko Bukusu (born 3 April 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bremer SV. Born in Germany, Bukusu is of Angolan...
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  • (Kerewe), Jita–Kara–Kwaya–Ruri, Nyambo, Subi Masaba–Luhya (E30): Masaba (incl. Bukusu), Luhya proper, Nyore (or Nyole in Kenya), Nyole (or Olunyole in Uganda)...
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  • ethnic group of the Masaba people in eastern Uganda, closely related to the Bukusu people of Kenya. Bamasaba live mainly in the Mbale District of Uganda on...
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    (or Gisu), Basamia and Banyole of Uganda, whose language is mutually intelligible with Luhya. The Bukusu and the Maragoli are the two largest Luhya clans...
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    is classified under the Maa languages in the Eastern Nilotic language branch. It is closely related to the Samburu language (between 89% and 94% lexical...
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    for ages. The first European to reach the Bukusu was Joseph Thomson, who upon arriving in 1883, found the Bukusu living in fortified villages surrounded...
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  • in comparison to others, like Bukusu,Tachoni or Samia, Tiriki, or known by the autoglossonym Lutirichi, is a language variety spoken in western Kenya...
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  • former territories, including the Iteso, Karamojong, Pokot, Turkana and Bukusu. They are or were found in scattered pockets between the Turkwel River,...
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  • Latvian luy is the ISO 639-3 language code for Luyia. There are fourteen individual language codes assigned: bxk – Bukusu ida – Idakho-Isukha-Tiriki lkb...
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  • linguistic names. Language portal Constructed language and List of constructed languages Language (for information about language in general) Language observatory...
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  • meaning "thing" in Bantu languages, is also commonly attached to the name Muntu, the legendary figure who founded the Gisu and Bukusu tribes. The creation...
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    keniensis. Mount Elgon and its tributaries are home to five tribes: the Bukusu, the Bagisu, the Sapinjek, the Sabaot, and the Ogiek, better known in the...
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    Your Day. Grow Your Life. Retrieved 2022-12-16. Florence, Namulundah. The Bukusu of Kenya: Folktales, Culture and Social Identities. Durham, NC: Carolina...
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    languages as interpreted by Harald Hammarström, and following the Guthrie classification. Bantu languages Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Classification...
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    Ugali (category Articles containing Afrikaans-language text)
    – Igbo, Nigeria Akple – Ewe, Akumè – Mina – Togo Aseeda – Sudan Busuma [Bukusu] – Kenya Bando – Soga, Uganda Bidia – DR Congo Bogobe/Phaletšhe – Botswana...
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    Maasai people (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
    Maasai speak the Maa language (ɔl Maa), a member of the Nilotic language family that is related to the Dinka, Kalenjin and Nuer languages. Except for some...
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    people, Luhya people, and Soga who speak the Suba language that is closely similar to the Ganda language spare some lexical items borrowed from [[Luo. Their...
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  • Kevin (category Articles containing Irish-language text)
    French-Mauritian footballer Kevin Bua (born 1993), Swiss footballer Kevin Bukusu (born 2001), German footballer Kevin Burke (born 1993), American football...
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  • that the origins of this practice date back to the 17th century, when the Bukusu people migrated from the area of the Congo River. The only place the salt...
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    Taita-Taveta County. They speak Kidawida or Kitaita, which belongs to the Bantu language family. The West-Bantu migrated to the Taita-Taveta County around 1000-1300...
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    Kenya's northern Eastern Province. The Rendille people speak the Rendille language as a mother tongue (also known as Rendile or Randile (as referred to by...
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  • legend, the Kisii traveled south in the company of the Kuria, the Maragoli, Bukusu, and Meru. The Maragoli in turn claim that while they were at Misri, they...
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