Suba language

Suba is a language spoken by the Suba people of east Africa. It is almost extinct. It is a Bantu language believed to have developed from the interactions between the Luo and the Bantu speakers of Lusoga. These Lusoga migrated from the Baganda kingdom because of a conflict between tribes.

Suba
Native toKenya
Regioneastern shore Lake Victoria, Mfangano Island, Rusinga Island
Native speakers
140,000 (2009 census)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Northeast Bantu
            • Great Lakes Bantu
              • Logooli–Kuria (E.40)
                • Suba
Language codes
ISO 639-3sxb
Glottologsuba1238
Guthrie code
JE.403 (shared w Suba-Simbiti)[2]
ELPSuba

References
  1. Suba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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