Masaba, (Lumasaaba) sometimes Lugisu, after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by about 1,500,000 people in eastern Uganda in the administrative region of Bugisu on the border to Kenya. The language is closely related to, and mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken in western Kenya. Its speakers, formerly known as the Bagisu, prefer to be called Bamasaba. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon.

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  • Masaba, (Lumasaaba) sometimes Lugisu, after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by about 1,500,000 people in eastern Uganda in the administrative region of Bugisu on the border to Kenya. The language is closely related to, and mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken in western Kenya. Its speakers, formerly known as the Bagisu, prefer to be called Bamasaba. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon. Like other Bantu languages, Masaba has a large set of prefixes used as noun classifiers. This is similar to how gender is used in many Germanic and Romance languages, except that instead of the usual two or three, there are around eighteen different noun classes, most of them rather only generally defined. The language is tonal and has a quite complex verb morphology.
  • Język masaba - język z rodziny bantu, używany w Ugandzie, liczba mówiących wynosi ok. 750 tysięcy.
  • Masaba, (lumasaaba) às vezes chamada de lugisu em um de seus dialetos, é uma língua bantu falada por aproximadamente 750,000 pessoas no leste de Uganda Uganda na região administrativa de Bugisu, fronteira com o Quênia. Essa língua é mutuamente inteligível com o bukusu, falado no oeste do Kenya. Seus falantes, antigamente conhecidos como bagisu, preferem ser chamados de bamasaba. Masaba é o nome local do Monte Elgon. Assim como outras línguas bantus, o masaba possui possui um grande número de prefixos usados como substantivos. É bastante similar ao modo como o gênero gramatical é usado em muitas línguas germânicas e românicas, exceto pelo fato de que ao invés de dois ou três, há dezoito classes substantivas, a maioria deles apenas definidos geralmente. É uma língua tonal, e possui uma complexa morfologia verbal.
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  • Eastern, south of the Kupsabiny, Bugisu Province
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  • Masaba, (Lumasaaba) sometimes Lugisu, after one of its dialects, is a Bantu language spoken by about 1,500,000 people in eastern Uganda in the administrative region of Bugisu on the border to Kenya. The language is closely related to, and mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken in western Kenya. Its speakers, formerly known as the Bagisu, prefer to be called Bamasaba. Masaba is the local name of Mount Elgon.
  • Język masaba - język z rodziny bantu, używany w Ugandzie, liczba mówiących wynosi ok. 750 tysięcy.
  • Masaba, (lumasaaba) às vezes chamada de lugisu em um de seus dialetos, é uma língua bantu falada por aproximadamente 750,000 pessoas no leste de Uganda Uganda na região administrativa de Bugisu, fronteira com o Quênia. Essa língua é mutuamente inteligível com o bukusu, falado no oeste do Kenya. Seus falantes, antigamente conhecidos como bagisu, preferem ser chamados de bamasaba. Masaba é o nome local do Monte Elgon.
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