Asụsụ Masaba

Masaba Lumasaba
Spoken in:	Uganda
Region:	Eastern Uganda, south of the Kupsabiny, Bugisu Province
Total speakers:	Templeeti:Sigfig million
Language family:	Nnijer–Kongo  Atlantic–Congo   Volta-Congo    Benue–Congo     Bantoid      Southern Bantoid       Bantu        Northeast Bantu         Great Lakes Bantu          Masaba–Luhya (J.30)           Masaba
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	—
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Masaba ( Lumasaaba ), mgbe ụfọdụ a na-akpọ Gisu ( Lugisu ) n'otu n'ime olumba ya, bụ asụsụ Bantu nke ihe karịrị nde mmadụ abụọ na-asụ na East Africa. Olumba Gisu dị n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Uganda na Bukusu nwere nghọta, nke agbụrụ Luhya na ọdịda anyanwụ Kenya na-asụ. Masaba bụ aha obodo nke Ugwu Elgon na aha nwa nna nna nke ebo Gisu. Dị ka asụsụ Bantu ndị ọzọ, a na-ekewa aha Lumasaba n'ọtụtụ ụdị nke klaasị aha . Ndị a dị ka ụdị nwoke na nwanyị na asụsụ Germanic na Romance, ma e wezụga na kama nke abụọ ma ọ bụ atọ na-emekarị, e nwere ihe dị ka klas iri na asatọ dị iche iche. Asụsụ ahụ nwere ụdị ngwaa dị mgbagwoju anya.

Ụdị dị iche iche

Ụdị Masaba dị iche iche bụ ndị a:

• Gisu ( Lugisu )
• Kisu
• Bukusu ( Lubukusu ; agbụrụ Luhya )
• Syan
• Tachoni ( Lutachoni ; agbụrụ Luhya )
• Dadiri ( Ludadiri )
• Buya ( Lubuya )

A na-asụ Dadiri n'ebe ugwu, Gisu n'etiti, na Buya n'etiti na ndịda ókèala Masaba na Uganda. A na-asụ Bukusu na Kenya, asụsụ Nilotic kewapụrụ na Masaba agbụrụ.

fonology

Lee olumba Bukusu maka nkọwa nke otu ụdị Masaba.

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Ihu imi		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	enweghị olu	p	t		k
	kwuputara	b	d		g
Nke na-ese okwu	enweghị olu	f	s
	kwuputara	β	z
Odika		( w )	l	j

• Ụda /k, ɡ, ŋ/ mgbe a na-anụ tupu ụdaume ihu /i, e/ dị ka palatal [c, ɟ, ɲ].

• Enwere ike ịnụ ụda /i, u/ dị ka glides [w, j] n'ime usoro ụdaume mbụ.

Udaume

Masaba nwere usoro ụdaume ise bụ isi nke nwere /i, e, a, o, u/.

Ntụaka

agbụrụ Luhya na ọdịda anyanwụ Kenya na-asụ. Masaba bụ aha obodo nke Ugwu

Akwụkwọ akụkọ

• Brown, Gillian (1972) Iwu ụda olu na mgbanwe olumba: Ọmụmụ nke phonology nke Lumasaaba 

Njikọ mpụga

• Kulomba Kwikumutikinyi akụkụ nke Akwụkwọ nke ekpere nkịtị na Masaba (1907) nke Richard Mammana na Charles Wohlers digitized
• http://open-chapel.com/scripture/language-preservation/lumasaaba-language-study/ Ịmụ Lumasaaba nke Catherine Mabongor