West Nyala language

West Nyala (Nyala B) is a Bantu language of western Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is closely related to Ganda, and is a distinct language from East Nyala, which is a dialect of Luhya.[2]

West Nyala
Native toKenya
RegionGreat Lakes region
Niger–Congo
Dialects
  • Nyara
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in East Nyala)
Glottologwest2861[1]
JE.18[2]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "West Nyala". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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