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{{short description|Bantu language spoken in East Africa}}
{{short description|Bantu language spoken in East Africa}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Masaba
| name = Masaba
|nativename=Lumasaba
| nativename = Lumasaba
|states=[[Uganda]]
| states = [[Uganda]]
|region=[[Eastern Region, Uganda|Eastern]], south of the [[Kupsabiny]], [[Bugisu]] Province
| region = [[Eastern Region, Uganda|Eastern Uganda]], south of the [[Kupsabiny]], [[Bugisu]] Province
|ethnicity=[[Masaba people|Masaba]], [[Luhya people|Luhya]]
| ethnicity = [[Masaba people|Masaba]], [[Luhya people|Luhya]]
|speakers={{sigfig|2.671|2}} million
| speakers = {{sigfig|2.671|2}} million
|date=2002 & 2009 censuses
| date = 2002 & 2009 censuses
|ref=e18
| ref = e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
| familycolor = Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
| fam2 = [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Volta-Congo]]
| fam3 = [[Volta-Congo]]
|fam4=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
| fam4 = [[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
|fam5=[[Bantoid]]
| fam5 = [[Bantoid]]
|fam6=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
| fam6 = [[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
|fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
| fam7 = [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
|fam8=[[Northeast Bantu]]
| fam8 = [[Northeast Bantu]]
|fam9=[[Great Lakes Bantu]]
| fam9 = [[Great Lakes Bantu]]
|fam10=Masaba–Luhya (J.30)
| fam10 = Masaba–Luhya (J.30)
|dia1=Gisu
| dia1 = Gisu
|dia2=Kisu
| dia2 = Kisu
|dia3=[[Bukusu dialect|Bukusu]]
| dia3 = [[Bukusu dialect|Bukusu]]
|dia4=Syan
| dia4 = Syan
|dia5=Tachoni
| dia5 = Tachoni
|dia6=Dadiri
| dia6 = Dadiri
|dia7=Buya
| dia7 = Buya
| lc1 = myx
|lc1=myx|ld1=Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
| ld1 = Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
⚫
|lc2=bxk|ld2=[[Bukusu dialect|Bukusu]] (Tachoni)
| lc2 = bxk
|lc3=lts|ld3=Tachoni
⚫
| ld2 = [[Bukusu dialect|Bukusu]] (Tachoni)
⚫
|guthrie=JE.31
| lc3 = lts
⚫
|glotto=masa1299
| ld3 = Tachoni
⚫
|glottoname=Masaaba
⚫
| guthrie = JE.31
⚫
|glotto2=buku1249
⚫
| glotto = masa1299
⚫
|glottoname2=Bukusu
⚫
| glottoname = Masaaba
⚫
|glotto3=tach1242
⚫
| glotto2 = buku1249
⚫
|glottoname3=Tachoni
⚫
| glottoname2 = Bukusu
⚫
| glotto3 = tach1242
⚫
| glottoname3 = Tachoni
}}
}}


Revision as of 14:59, 23 July 2023

Masaba
Lumasaba
Native toUganda
RegionEastern Uganda, south of the Kupsabiny, Bugisu Province
EthnicityMasaba, Luhya
Native speakers
2.7 million (2002 & 2009 censuses)[1]
Dialects
  • Gisu
  • Kisu
  • Bukusu
  • Syan
  • Tachoni
  • Dadiri
  • Buya
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
myx – Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
bxk – Bukusu (Tachoni)
lts – Tachoni
Glottologmasa1299  Masaaba
buku1249  Bukusu
tach1242  Tachoni
JE.31[2]

Masaba (Lumasaaba), sometimes known as Gisu (Lugisu) after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by more than two million people in East Africa. The Gisu dialect in eastern Uganda is mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken by ethnic Luhya in western Kenya. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon and the name of the son of the ancestor of the Gisu tribe. Like other Bantu languages, Lumasaba nouns are divided into several sets of noun classes. These are similar to the genders in Germanic and Romance languages, except that instead of the usual two or three, there are around eighteen different noun classes. The language has a quite complex verb morphology.

Varieties

Varieties of Masaba are as follows:[3]

  • Gisu (Lugisu)
  • Kisu
  • Bukusu (Lubukusu; ethnic Luhya)
  • Syan
  • Tachoni (Lutachoni; ethnic Luhya)
  • Dadiri (Ludadiri)
  • Buya (Lubuya)

Dadiri is spoken in the north, Gisu in the center, and Buya in the center and south of Masaba territory in Uganda. Bukusu is spoken in Kenya, separated from ethnic Masaba by Nilotic languages on the border.

Phonology

See Bukusu dialect for details of one variety of Masaba.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d g
Fricative voiceless f s
voiced β z
Approximant l j

Vowels

Masaba has a basic 5-vowel system consisting of /i, e, a, o, u/.

References

  1. ^ Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bukusu (Tachoni) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tachoni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Maho (2009)

Bibliography

  • Brown, Gillian (1972) Phonological Rules and Dialectal Variation: A study of the phonology of Lumasaaba ISBN 0-521-08485-7

External links

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