Samia language

Samia
Samia
Olusaamia
Native to	Uganda, Kenya
Region	Busia District and Busia County
Ethnicity	Abasamia
Native speakers	480,000 (2002 & 2009 censuses)
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

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]

References

↑ Samia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
↑ Maho (2009)

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[e18-1] Samia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Maho (2009)

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