"Songa language" redirects here. For the purported Songa language of DRC, see Buyu language.
Samia
Olusaamia
Native to
Uganda, Kenya
Region
Busia District and Busia County
Ethnicity
Abasamia
Native speakers
480,000 (2002 & 2009 censuses)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Masaba–Luhya
Luhya
Samia
Dialects
Samia
Songa (?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
lsm
Glottolog
saam1283
Guthrie code
JE.34,343[2]
Samia (Saamia) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Uganda and Kenya. Ethnologue includes Songa as a dialect, but it may be a separate language.[3]
^Samia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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