Kenyi
A language of Uganda
| Population | 390,000. |
| Region | Busoga Province between Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga. |
| Language map |
Uganda, reference number 14 |
| Alternate names | Lukenyi |
| Dialects | Welmers lists Olusoga and Lukenyi separately. Lexical similarity: 81% with Soga [xog], 71%–86% with Ganda [lug], 64% with Gwere [gwr], 58% with Saamia [lsm]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Nyoro-Ganda (J.10) |
| Comments | Politically distinct from Ganda. The people are called ‘Bakenyi’. They say they are a displaced people of Ganda origin. Agriculturalists: bananas, beans, millet, coffee, cotton. |
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