Ethnologue

Nyala

ISO 639-3

Population

273,000 (2009 census).

Location

Busia and Siaya counties: Lake Victoria area, Nzoia river mouth to northwest of Luambwa and Busonga; enclave up river; Kakamega and Bungoma counties.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

East Nyala, West Nyala. A member of macrolanguage Oluluyia [luy].

Language Use

Home, social gatherings. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng], Oluluyia [luy], Swahili [swh].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Over 15%. Literacy rate in L2: Over 50% in Kiswahili [swh] or English [eng].

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].