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Also Known As: Lumasaba,Masaaba,Gisu,Lugisu Description: Masa...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Lumasaba,Masaaba,Gisu,Lugisu

<b>Description:</b>

Masaba, (Lumasaaba) sometimes Lugisu, after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by about 1,500,000 people in eastern Uganda in the administrative region of Bugisu on the border to Kenya. The language is closely related to, and mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken in western Kenya. Its speakers, formerly known as the Bagisu, prefer to be called Bamasaba. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon. Like other Bantu languages, Masaba has a large set of prefixes used as noun classifiers. This is similar to how gender is used in many Germanic and Romance languages, except that instead of the usual two or three, there are around eighteen different noun classes, most of them rather only generally defined. The language is tonal and has a quite complex verb morphology.
Masaba has a basic 5-vowel system consisting of /i, e, a, o, u/.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=462570 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Masaba Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/uganda Uganda]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>myx</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Niger-Congo Group]]

    [[Atlantic-Congo Group]]

      [[Volta-Congo Group]]

        [[Benue-Congo Group]]

          [[Bantoid Group]]

            [[Southern Bantoid Group]]

              [[Narrow Bantu Group]]

                [[Central Narrow Bantu Group]]

                  [[J Group]]

                    [[Masaba-Luyia (J.30) Group]]

                      <b>[[Masaba Language]]</b>

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