Khayo (Xaayo) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Kenya.
| Khayo | |
|---|---|
| Olukhayo | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Busia District |
| Ethnicity | Khayo tribe (Luhya) |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2009 census)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lko |
| Glottolog | khay1238 |
JE.341[2] | |
References
edit- ^ Khayo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Further reading
edit- 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.
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