Bukusu > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Bukusu
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Lubukusu
Spoken in:
Kenya
Number of speakers:
565,000 (1987 BTL), increasing. 47,000 Tachon (Heine and Möhlig 1980). Current census data is unclear
(Ethnologue)
Code:
bxk
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Luyia (luyi)
Child Dialects:
Tachoni; Tachon (bxk-tac)
Bukusu (bxk-buk)
Map of Bukusu
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