West Nyala language

West Nyala
Native to	Kenya
Region	shores of Lake Victoria
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Nyoro–Ganda West Nyala
Dialects	Nyara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included in East Nyala)
Glottolog	`west2861`^[1]
Guthrie code	`JE.18`^[2]

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]

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "West Nyala". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Languages of Kenya

Official languages

Indigenous languages

Bantu	Bajuni Digo Embu Gusii Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki Ilwana Kamba Khayo Kikuyu Kuria Logoli Marachi Meru Nyole Pokomo Samia Suba Taita West Nyala

Cushitic	Aweer Burji Daasanach Dahalo El Molo Orma Oromo Rendille Somali Southern Oromo Waata Yaaku

Nilo-Saharan	Kipsigis Luo Maasai Naandi Ogiek Omotik Pökoot Samburu Tugen Turkana

Sign languages

Kenyan Sign Language

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