// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Khayo language say to its student? "You khay-o me?

Khayo
Olukhayo
Native to	Kenya
Region	Busia District
Ethnicity	Khayo tribe (Luhya)
Native speakers	130,000 (2009 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Masaba–Luhya (J.30) Khayo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lko
Glottolog	khay1238
Guthrie code	JE.341

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

Further reading

• Marlo, Michael R. (2009). "Khayo verbal tonology". Africana Linguistica. 15: 77–129. doi:10.3406/aflin.2009.1003.
• Wabwire, Vincent O. (June 2010). The Structure and Function of the Olukhayo Noun Phrase: An X-Bar Perspective (MA thesis). Kenyatta University.