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Khayo language information


Khayo
Olukhayo
Native toKenya
RegionBusia District
EthnicityKhayo tribe (Luhya)
Native speakers
130,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Northeast Bantu
            • Great Lakes Bantu
              • Masaba–Luhya (J.30)
                • Khayo
Language codes
ISO 639-3lko
Glottologkhay1238
Guthrie code
JE.341[2]

Khayo (Xaayo) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Kenya.

  1. ^ Khayo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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