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'''Masaba''' (''Lumasaaba''), sometimes known as '''Gisu''' (''Lugisu'') after one of its dialects, is a [[Bantu language]] spoken by about 1,500,000 people in eastern [[Uganda]] in the administrative region of [[Bugisu]] on the border to [[Kenya]]. The language is closely related to, and mutually intelligible with [[Bukusu language|Bukusu]], spoken in western [[Kenya]]. Its speakers, formerly known as the [[Bagisu]], prefer to be called [[Bamasaba]]. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon and the name of the son of the first |
'''Masaba''' (''Lumasaaba''), sometimes known as '''Gisu''' (''Lugisu'') after one of its dialects, is a [[Bantu language]] spoken by about 1,500,000 people in eastern [[Uganda]] in the administrative region of [[Bugisu]] on the border to [[Kenya]]. The language is closely related to, and mutually intelligible with [[Bukusu language|Bukusu]], spoken in western [[Kenya]]. Its speakers, formerly known as the [[Bagisu]], prefer to be called [[Bamasaba]]. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon and the name of the son of the first settler Muntu their ancestor. Like other Bantu languages, Lumasaba has a large set of prefixes used as [[noun]] [[classifier (linguistics)|classifiers]]. This is similar to how [[grammatical gender|gender]] is used in many [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] and [[Romance languages]], except that instead of the usual two or three, there are around eighteen different noun classes, most of them rather only generally defined. The language is [[tone (linguistics)|tonal]] and has a quite complex [[verb]] morphology. |
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Revision as of 01:51, 7 May 2012
| Masaba | |
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| Lumasaba | |
| Native to | Uganda |
| Region | Eastern, south of the Kupsabiny, Bugisu Province |
Native speakers | 1,500,000 |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | myx |
Masaba (Lumasaaba), sometimes known as Gisu (Lugisu) after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by about 1,500,000 people in eastern Uganda in the administrative region of Bugisu on the border to Kenya. The language is closely related to, and mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken in western Kenya. Its speakers, formerly known as the Bagisu, prefer to be called Bamasaba. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon and the name of the son of the first settler Muntu their ancestor. Like other Bantu languages, Lumasaba has a large set of prefixes used as noun classifiers. This is similar to how gender is used in many Germanic and Romance languages, except that instead of the usual two or three, there are around eighteen different noun classes, most of them rather only generally defined. The language is tonal and has a quite complex verb morphology. It is belie ved that languages like Samya,Rukonjo,Bukusu and Lunyole are Lumasaba dialects. These Languages are mutually intelligible and the names of people here are related originating from Bamasaba people.
Sounds
Consonants
| labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||
| Fricative | f | β | s | z | ||||
| Approximant | l | j | ||||||
Vowels
Masaba has a basic 5-vowel system consisting of /i, e, a, o, u/.
References
- Brown, Gillian (1972) Phonological Rules and Dialectal Variation: A study of the phonology of Lumasaaba ISBN 0-521-08485-7
External links
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.[This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue]
- Kulomba Kwikumutikinyi Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Masaba (1907) digitized by Richard Mammana and Charles Wohlers