Olunyole

NYD

developing

Alternate Names: Lunyole, Lunyore, Nyole, Nyoole, Nyore, Olunyore

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 61% with Nyole , of Uganda. A member of macrolanguage Oluluyia ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
J
Masaba-Luhya (E.33)

Demographics: 311,000 (2009 census), increasing.

Language Use: Home, social gatherings, church, school. All ages. Positive attitudes. Prestigious. Also use Oluluyia [luy] varieties. Also use English [eng], Swahili [swh].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: More than 20%. First Oluluyia community to have a Bible school. Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Radio programs. Bible: 2001.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Kenya

Other Comments: Christian.