Alternate Names: Lunyole, Lunyore, Nyole, Nyoole, Nyore, Olunyore
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 61% with Nyole , of Uganda. A member of macrolanguage Oluluyia ,.
Genealogy:
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.