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Preferred term

guzGusii  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Gusii language (also known as Kisii or Ekegusii) is a Bantu language spoken in the Kisii district in western Kenya,whose head-quarters is Kisii town, (between the Kavirondo Gulf of Lake Victoria and the border with Tanzania). It is spoken by the Gusii people, numbering about 1.5 million (SIL/Ethnologue 1994). A few Gusii people are bilingual in Luo.

Entry terms

  • Ekegusii
  • Gusii language

ISO 639-3 code

  • guz

Notation

  • guz

In other languages

  • gusii

    French

  • Gusii
  • gusii

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Língua gusii
  • gusii

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/guz

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