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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Uganda > Kupsabiny

Kupsabiny

A language of Uganda

ISO 639-3kpz

Population  181,000 (2002 census).
Region  East, Kapchorwa District, Kenya border.
Language map  Uganda, reference number 17
Alternate names   Kuksabin, Sapei, Sebei
Dialects  Sabiny (Sapiny, Kupsabiny, Kupsapiny), Mbai, Sor.
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Southern, Kalenjin, Elgon
Language development  Literacy campaigns. Radio programs. NT: 1996.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  People called ‘Sebei’. Agriculturalists: maize, beans, wheat, sunflower, groundnuts, yams, field peas, cassava, Irish potatoes, millet, cabbage, tomatoes, passion fruit, onions, cotton, coffee, wheat. Christian, Muslim, traditional Religion.