Luhya language

Luhya
Luhya
Luyia
Oluluhya
Native to	Kenya
Ethnicity	Luhya
Native speakers	30 million (2019 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Masaba–Luhya Luhya; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	luy – inclusive code (includes all languages spoken by ethnic Luhya, not just the following); Individual codes:; lrm – Marama; lwg – Wanga (Hanga); lks – Kisa; lto – Tsotso; lkb – Kabras; nle – (East) Nyala
Glottolog	cent2288 Central Luyia (incl. some Nyore); kabr1240 Kabras
Guthrie code	JE.32

Luhya (/ˈluːjə/; also Luyia, Oluluyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya.

Luhya
Luyia
Oluluhya
Native to	Kenya
Ethnicity	Luhya
Native speakers	30 million (2019 census)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Masaba–Luhya Luhya
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`luy` – inclusive code (includes all languages spoken by ethnic Luhya, not just the following)^[2] Individual codes: `lrm` – Marama `lwg` – Wanga (Hanga) `lks` – Kisa `lto` – Tsotso `lkb` – Kabras `nle` – (East) Nyala
Glottolog	`cent2288` Central Luyia (incl. some Nyore) `kabr1240` Kabras
Guthrie code	`JE.32`^[3]