Luhya

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Luhya (also written Luyia or Oluluyia) is a Bantu macrolanguage spoken primarily in western Kenya by the Luhya people. According to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, the Luhya ethnic population was recorded at approximately 6.8 million.

This collection brings together linguistic materials documenting the Luhya language cluster, including audio recordings, grammatical descriptions, lexical data, and transcribed texts. These resources support language preservation, academic research, and community access to Luhya linguistic heritage.

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  • Logooli  
    A collection of linguistic materials documenting Logooli (ISO 639-3: rag), also known as Lulogooli or Maragoli, a Bantu language spoken by approximately 2.1 million Maragoli people primarily in Vihiga County, western Kenya. Logooli is the language of the second-largest Luhya subtribe and forms a distinct variety within the Greater Luyia language cluster.
  • Lubukusu  
    A collection of linguistic materials documenting Lubukusu (ISO 639-3: bxk), a Bantu language spoken by approximately 1.2 million Babukusu people primarily in Bungoma, Kakamega, and Trans-Nzoia counties, western Kenya. Lubukusu is the language of the largest Luhya subtribe and is closely related to the Masaaba and Gisu languages of eastern Uganda.
  • Lumarachi  
    A collection of linguistic materials documenting Lumarachi, a Bantu dialect of the Luhya macrolanguage spoken by the Abamarachi people of Busia County, western Kenya. The dialect is notable for its geographic position at the boundary between Bantu Luhya and Nilotic Dholuo-speaking communities.

Materials in this collection are subject to varying copyright and licensing terms. Depositors retain intellectual property rights over their contributed materials unless otherwise stated. Community contributors and speakers retain moral rights over recordings and oral materials in accordance with Kenyan copyright law (Copyright Act, Cap. 130, Laws of Kenya).

Users are permitted to access and download materials for personal research, education, and non-commercial purposes. Any reproduction, redistribution, or commercial use requires prior written permission from the rights holder. Where materials involve human subjects or community knowledge, users are encouraged to consult the associated metadata for consent and attribution obligations.