Samia language

Samia
	Olusaamia
Native to	Uganda, Kenya
Region	Vihiga District
Native speakers	480,000 (2002 & 2009 censuses)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Masaba–Luhya (J.30) Samia; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Samia Songa (?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lsm
Glottolog	saam1283
Guthrie code	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.^[4]

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↑ Samia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
↑ Maho (2009)

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[e18-1] Samia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[Guthrie-3] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[4] Maho (2009)

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Samia
Olusaamia
Native to	Uganda, Kenya
Region	Vihiga District
Native speakers	480,000 (2002 & 2009 censuses)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Masaba–Luhya (J.30) Samia
Dialects	Samia Songa (?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lsm`
Glottolog	`saam1283`^[2]
Guthrie code	`JE.34,343`^[3]