Bukusu language
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017831
- info:lc/authorities/sh85017831
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85017831#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Babukusu language
- Bukushu language
- Bukusu dialect
- Kitosh dialect
- Lubukusu dialect
- UluBukusu dialect
- Vukusu language
Broader Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Bukusu dialect
Sources
- found: Ethnologue:p. 242 (Bukusu (Lubukusu) spoken in Kenya (Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Bantu, Central, Masaba-Luyia, Luyia)) p. 335 (Ulubukusu listed as dialect of Masaba, spoken in Uganda)
- found: Fivaz. Afr. langs., 1977:p. 57 (uluBukusu (Kitosh); listed under Masaba-Luhya Group of Bantu languages; listed as dialect of Masaba)
- found: Curr. trends ling.:v. 7, p. 787 (uluBukusu (dial. of Masaba; Gisu listed as another dialect))
- found: Ethnologue, 2018(Bukusu, a language of Kenya; also spoken in Uganda; bxk; UF Babukusu, Lubukusu; Niger-Congo ... Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Masaba-Luhya (E.31). A member of macrolanguage Oluluyia [luy])
- found: Linguasphere, 1999(99-AUS-fb: u-lu-bukusu; UF -lu-bukusu, bukusu, vukusu, bukushu, kitosh; Kenya (Western)) (Bukusu and Gisu are part of larger Masaba+Luyia net; 99-AUS-f)
LC Classification
- PL8092.B87-PL8092.B8795
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2019-08-25: revised
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