2025/04/02 by Ursula Drolc, Drolc, Ursula
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
paper · doi:10.18716/ojs/aaeo/2007_3520
openalex created_date 2017/11/10 · openalex publication_date 2025/04/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
Lusaamia (Ólusaamya) is spoken in western Kenya and eastern Uganda. It belongs to the Luluyia dialect cluster and is classified as E.34 in Guthrie's (1967-71) zone classification and J.34 in the Tervuren (1978) revision of Guthrie. Related dialects are Bukusu, Lutsootso, Lukisa, Lulogooli, and Lunyole spoken in Kenya. Only a few articles have been written on this language. They deal with specific tonological, phonological and morphological issues such as reduplication or segmental duration.