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The Kisi are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group from Makete District of Njombe Region, Tanzania, on the northwestern shore of Lake Malawi. Description. Population
The Abagusii (also known as Kisii (Mkisii/Wakisii) in Swahili, or Gusii in Ekegusii) are a Bantu ethnic group indigenous to Kisii and Nyamira counties of former Nyanza, as well as parts of Kericho and Bomet counties of the former Rift Valley province of Kenya.
Ethnicity: 15,000 Kisi (2012) [1] Native speakers. 11,000 (2012) [1] Language family. ... Consonant phonemes in Kisi that occur only through morphological interaction
They are the fourth largest ethnic group in Guinea, making up 6.2% of the population. [6] Kissi people are also found in Liberia and Sierra Leone. They speak the Kissi language, which belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. [7] The Kissi are well known for making baskets and weaving on vertical looms.
The Gusii language (also known as Ekegusii) is a Bantu language spoken in Kisii and Nyamira counties in Nyanza Kenya, whose headquarters is Kisii Town, (between the Kavirondo Gulf of Lake Victoria and the border with Tanzania).
Kisi may refer to: Kisi (grape) (Georgian: ქისი), a white grape variety indigenous to Georgia; Kisi people of Tanzania; Kisi language (Tanzania) Kisi, Kenya, a town in Nyanza Province; Kisi, Nigeria, a town in Oyo State; Kissi language of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia in West Africa
Kissi (or Kisi) is a Mel language of West Africa, There are two dialects, northern and southern, and both are tonal languages. The northern dialect is spoken in Guinea and in Sierra Leone. The southern dialect is spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The two dialects are notably different, but are closely related.
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