|iso3comment=(includes all languages spoken by ethnic Luhya, not just the following){{Cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/luy|title=639 Identifier Documentation: luy|publisher=SIL International}}

|lc1=lrm|ld1=Marama

|lc2=lwg|ld2=Wanga (Hanga)

|lc3=lks|ld3=Kisa

|lc4=lto|ld4=Tsotso

|lc5=lkb|ld5=Kabras

|lc6=nle|ld6=(East) Nyala

|glotto=cent2288

|glottoname=Central Luyia (incl. some Nyore)

|glottorefname=Central Luyia

|glotto2=kabr1240

|glottoname2=Kabras

|guthrie=JE.32

}}

Luhya ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|uː||j|ə}}; also Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya.

Dialects

The various Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are no closer to each other 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 Luhya people for details.) However, there is a core of mutually intelligible dialects that comprise Luhya proper:Maho (2019)

Wanga {{lang|lwg|(OluWanga)}}
Tsotso {{lang|lto|(OluTsotso)}}
Marama {{lang|lrm|(OluMarama)}}
Kisa {{lang|lks|(OluShisa)}}
Kabras {{lang|lkb|(LuKabarasi)}}
East Nyala {{lang|nle|(LuNyala)}}

=All Luhya subtribes=

=Comparison=

A comparison between two dialects of Luhya proper, and to two other Bantu languages spoken by the Luhya:

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! English

! Kisa

! Logoli

! Nyole

! Wanga

I (me)

| eshie

| nzi/ inze

| ise

| esie

words

| amakhuwa

| makuva

| amang'ana, amakhuwa

| amakhuwa

chair

| eshifumbi

| indeve/ endeve

| indebe

| eshisala

head

| omurwe

| mutwi

| omurwe

| om'rwe

money

| amapesa

| mang'ondo

| amang'ondo, am'mondo, etsilupia

| amapesa, irupia

= Comparison to Bantu =

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! English

! Luhya

! Kikuyu

! Kinyarwanda

! Lingala

! Luganda

! Shona

! Swahili

! Zulu

children

| abana, baana, otwana, orwana, vaana

| twana

| abana

| bana

| baana, abaana

| vana

| wana

| abantwana

dog

| imbwa

| ngui (pron. gui)

| imbwa

| mbwa

| mbwa, embwa

| mbwa, imbwa

| mbwa

| inja

fire

| omuliro

| mwaki

| umuriro

| moto

| omuliro

| moto

| umlilo

Phonology

The following is the phonology of the Luwanga dialect:{{Cite book|last=Abdulmajid|first=Akidah Mohammed|title=Luwanga morphophonemics: a natural generative phonology|publisher=University of Nairobi|year=2000}}

= Vowels =

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align="center"

|i iː

|u uː

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!Mid

|e eː

|o oː

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!Open

|a aː

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" \| !Bilabial !Labio- dental !Alveolar !Post- alveolar !Palatal !Velar
rowspan="2" \|Stop !plain \|p \| \|t \| \| \|k
prenasal \|ᵐb \| \|ⁿd \| \|ᶮɟ \|ᵑɡ
colspan="2" \|Affricate \| \| \|ts \|tʃ \| \|
rowspan="2" \|Fricative !plain \|β \|f \|s \|ʃ \| \|x
prenasal \| \| \|ⁿz \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|m \| \|n \| \|ɲ \|ŋ
colspan="2" \|Trill \| \| \|r \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Approximant \| \| \|l \| \|j \|w

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! colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Stop

!plain

prenasal

|ᵐb

|ⁿd

|ᶮɟ

|ᵑɡ

colspan="2" |Affricate

|ts

|tʃ

rowspan="2" |Fricative

!plain

|β

|ʃ

prenasal

|ⁿz

colspan="2" |Nasal

|ɲ

|ŋ

colspan="2" |Trill

colspan="2" |Approximant

External links

[http://mammana.org/bcp/luhya1967/ Eshitabo Eshiokhulaama nende Tsisakalamendo nende Akebiima Bindi Bieikanisa] 1967 Anglican liturgical text digitized by Richard Mammana

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121011200803/http://www.sil.org/acpub/repository/22547.pdf Musimbi Kanyoro (1989), "The Abaluyia of Kenya; one people, one language: What can be learned from the Luyia project": The Abaluyia of Western Kenya. (p. 27).]
[https://www.academia.edu/9346974/Wanga_English_Dictionary Wanga-English Dictionary]