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Luhya

Bantu language of western Kenya
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Luhya

Summary

Luhya is a language[1]. Luhya ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Luhya is in the country of Kenya[3].
  • Luhya's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Luhya's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage[5].
  • Luhya's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Luhya is a type of Masaba-Luhya[7].
  • Luhya's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Luhya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Luhya language[9].
  • Luhya's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LUY[10].

Why It Matters

Luhya ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2] Luhya has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Luhya is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Kenya

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Kenya
    Instance of → —
    Writing system → Latin script
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538659705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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