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Name: Masaba

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Lumasaba; Masaaba; Gisu; Lugisu; Lumasaaba

Spoken in: Uganda

Number of speakers: 1,120,000 (2002 census). Ethnic population: 953,936 (Ethnologue)

Code: myx

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)

Parent Subgroup: Masaba-Luyia (J.30); Group E.30 (masb)

Child Dialects: Ulubuya (myx-ulb) Ulubukusu; Bukusu, ulu- (myx-ulu) Ulukisu; Kisu, ulu- (myx-uls) Uludadiri (myx-uld) Syan (myx-sya) Lugisu; Gishu; Gisu, lu- (myx-lug)

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