Samia | |
Nativename: | Olusaamia |
States: | Uganda, Kenya |
Region: | Busia District and Busia County |
Ethnicity: | Abasamia |
Speakers: | 480,000 |
Date: | 2002 & 2009 censuses |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
Fam5: | Bantoid |
Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam7: | Bantu |
Fam8: | Northeast Bantu |
Fam9: | Great Lakes Bantu |
Fam10: | Masaba–Luhya |
Fam11: | Luhya |
Iso3: | lsm |
Glotto: | saam1283 |
Glottorefname: | Saamia |
Dia1: | Samia |
Dia2: | Songa (?) |
Guthrie: | JE.34,343 |
Samia (Saamia) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Uganda and Kenya. Ethnologue includes Songa as a dialect, but it may be a separate language.[1]