Gusii

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Gusii

	name	Gusii
	nativename	EkeGusii
	states	Kenya
	region	Western Kenya, Gusii district
	speakers	1,5 million
	familycolor	Niger-Congo
	fam2	Atlantic-Congo
	fam3	Volta-Congo
	fam4	Benue-Congo
	fam5	Bantoid
	fam6	Southern Bantoid
	fam7	Narrow Bantu
	fam8	Central

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The following Morphophonological Alternations occur:

n+r = nd

n+b = mb

n+g = ŋg

n+k = ŋk

n+m = mm

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cammenga, Jelle (2002) ''Phonology and morphology of Ekegusii: a Bantu language of Kenya''. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.

Whiteley, Wilfred H. (1956) ''A practical introduction to Gusii''. Dar es Salaam/Nairobi/Kampala: East African Literature Bureau.

Whiteley, Wilfred H. (1960) ''The tense system of Gusii''. Kampala: East African Institute of Social Research.

Whiteley, Wilfred H. (1974) ''Language in Kenia''. Nairobi: Oxford University Press.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Ekegusii-English English-Ekegusii Dictionary

Ethnologue on Gusii

Partial Gusii Swadesh list at Rosetta Project

Listening

National Public Radio story about Kisii language (from ''All Things Considered'' program, April 29, 2006)

SEE ALSO

Languages Of Kenya