Suba language

Not to be confused with Suba language (Tanzania).
Suba
Native to Kenya
Region eastern shore Lake Victoria, Mfangano Island, Rusinga Island
Native speakers
140,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sxb
Glottolog suba1238[2]
JE.403 (shared w Suba-Simbiti)[3]

The Suba language is the language of Kenya's Suba people. Nearly all are bilingual in Dholuo.

References

  1. Suba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Suba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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