Nyole
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Nyole language can refer:
- Nyole tribe (Luhya)Nyole tribe (Luhya)The Nyole, also known as Nyore, are a tribe of the Luhya nation from Bunyore in Western Kenya. Native speakers of the Nyole dialect of Luhya refer to themselves as Abanyole.In Swahili, they are known as Wanyore...
speaking Olunyole dialect (Luhya)Olunyole dialect (Luhya)Nyole is Luhya dialect spoken by 120 000 people in Kenya in Vihiga District. There is 61% lexical similarity with a related but different Nyole dialect in Uganda....
(ISO 639-3:nyd) – a Luhya languageLuhya languagesLuhya is a Bantu dialect cluster spoken in the western part of Kenya by the Luhya people. Minor populations of Luhya speakers are also found in Uganda, especially in Busia. Although the Luhya principally occupy the Western province of Kenya, substantial populations have settled in the Kitale area...
from BantuBantu languagesThe Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
group spoken in KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east... - Nyole tribe (Luhya), Uganda speaking Nyole dialect (Luhya) (ISO 639-3:
nyj) – a Luhya languageLuhya languagesLuhya is a Bantu dialect cluster spoken in the western part of Kenya by the Luhya people. Minor populations of Luhya speakers are also found in Uganda, especially in Busia. Although the Luhya principally occupy the Western province of Kenya, substantial populations have settled in the Kitale area...
from BantuBantu languagesThe Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
group spoken in UgandaUgandaUganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...