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Marachi language information


Marachi
Olumarachi
Native toKenya
RegionVihiga District
EthnicityMarachi tribe (Luhya)
Native speakers
160,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Northeast Bantu
            • Great Lakes Bantu
              • Masaba–Luhya (J.30)
                • Marachi
Language codes
ISO 639-3lri
Glottologmara1393
Guthrie code
JE.342[2]

Marachi is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Kenya.

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

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