Yaren Gusii

Harshen Gusii(wanda aka fi sani da Ekegusii) yare ne na Bantu da ake magana a yankunan Kisii da Nyamira a Nyanza Kenya, wanda hedkwatar ta ke Kisii Town,(tsakanin Kavirondo Gulf na Tafkin Victoria da iyakar da Tanzania). Mutane miliyan 2.2 ne ke magana da shi (kamar yadda ya faru a shekara ta 2009), galibi daga cikin Abagusii. Ekegusii yana da yare guda biyu kawai: yarukan Rogoro da Maate. A fannin sauti, sun bambanta a cikin magana da /t/ . Yawancin bambance-bambance da ke tsakanin yarukan biyu suna da ƙamus. .Harsunan biyu na iya komawa ga abu ɗaya ko abu ta amfani da kalmomi daban-daban. Misali na wannan shine kalmar cat. Yayinda wani yaren ya kira cat ekemoni, ɗayan ya kira shi ekebusi. Ana iya samun wani misali mai kyau a cikin kalmar takalma. Duk da yake kalmar Rogoro don takalma ita ce Kidiripasi, kalmar yaren Maate ita ce chitaratara . Yawancin bambance-bambance na ƙamus suna bayyana a cikin harshe. Ana magana da yaren Maate a Tabaka da Bogirango . Yawancin sauran yankuna suna amfani da yaren Rogoro, wanda kuma shine yaren Ekegusii.

 Sauti 

 Sautin sautin 
Gusii yana da wasula bakwai. Tsawon wasula ya bambanta, watau kalmomin 'bór' don rasa da 'bóór' don faɗi an rarrabe su da tsawon wasula kawai.
+Lissafin sauti na wasula a cikin GusiiA gabaTsakiyaKomawaKusaiuTsakanin Tsakiyada kumaoBude-tsakiyaɛOwuBudea

 Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi 
A cikin tebur da ke ƙasa, an haɗa alamomin orthographic tsakanin ƙuƙwalwa idan sun bambanta da alamomin IPA. Lura musamman amfani  'y' don IPA / j/, wanda ya zama ruwan dare a cikin rubutun Afirka. Lokacin da alamomi suka bayyana a nau'i-nau'i, wanda ke dama yana wakiltar murya mai sauti.
+Lissafin sauti na ƙamus a cikin Gusiibakinsaalveolarbakimai tsaroplosive t k Afríku  tʃ fricativeβs ɣhancimnɲŋmurfin ɾ  Kimaninw j 
+Lissafin sauti na ƙamus a cikin Gusiibakinsaalveolarbakimai tsaroplosivep t d K ɡ Afríku  tʃ fricativeβs ɣhancimnɲŋmurfin ɾ  Kimaninw j 
Wadannan Sauye-sauyen morphophonological suna faruwa:

 n+r = [nd]
 n+b = [mb]
 n+g = [ŋɡ]
 n+k = [ŋk]
 n+c = [ntʃ]
 n+s = [ns]
 n+m = [mː]

Harshen Gusii yana da ma'anar 'b' wanda ba a fahimta ba a matsayin tsayawar bilabial kamar yadda yake a cikin 'bat' amma a matsayin fricative bilabial Kamar yadda yake a kalmomi kamar baba, baminto, abana.

 Harshen Ekegusii Harshen 
Harshen Ekegusii (Kenya) Rhonda L. Hartell, ed. 1993. The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO and Summer Institute of Linguistics  Harshen EkegusiiABCDENiGHNaKMNOÖRSTUWYeiwatauNiYa kasance - - - - -Wakilin EkegusiiMbBwakinmbwChNchChwNchwNdNdwNgGwNgwNg'Ng'wBabuNywNkKwNkwMwNwRwNsSwNswNtTwNtwYw

 Kwalejin Ekegusii Noun 

 Samfurori 1 
Kwalejin EkegusiiƊalibinMai banbanciHaskeYawancin mutaneHaske1omo-abaomontomutum / mutumya kasancemutane / mutane2Kai neomotwekaia cikin tufafikai3e-chEng'ombesaniyaChiombeshanu4Aege-ebiegekombekofinebikombekofuna5ri-amaritunda'Ya'yan itaceamatunda'ya'yan itace6o-oBinciketsoroBinciketsoro7e-eekegusiiekegusii ----------- -----------8Ama-amaAmaberemadaraAmaberemadara9omo-i-seke
Omisheyarinyaaba-i-seke'yan mata10 -------------- ------------

 Tsarin Lissafi na Ekegusii 

 Misali 2 
Tsarin Lissafi na EkegusiiAdadinKaratuMa'anarAdadinKaratuMa'anar1eyemo111ikomi nemo10+12ibere212ikomi na ibere10+23isato313ikomi na isato10+34Inje414ikomi nainye10+45Kashi biyar515ikomi na biyar10+56Ba da biyar5+116ikomi a cikin biyar nemo10+5+17a cikin biyar ibere5+217ikomi na isano na ibere10+5+28na biyar isato5+318ikomi na isano na isato10+5+39kianda919ikomi na kianda10+910ikomi1020Emerongo ta yi godiya20

 Misalai na samfurori 
TuranciEkegusiiSafiya Mai KyauBwakire buyaDaɗi mai kyauObotuko obuyaShugabanomotweKunnuwaogotoRuwaamachemaraiceMagorobakakansokorodon saninkomanyazuwa madaragokamajakiyaƙiDuniyaense enseGidaMai amfaniƘasarinkaA yauMaimaitawaRanaRashin dariyaKarnukashi neTsaya-tenenaSanin-manyaDuba-roraUpside / Arewa / HillsiderogoroTafkin / TekunenyanchaHamadaeroroMai gwagwarmayaomorwaniKu juya sama -garagaraMadaraAmabereIta 'yar akuyaesibeniTa'addanciesikeUwargidanomosubatiGirbiA cikinsaKiranRuwaTafiyaTara

 Bayanan littattafai 
Bickmore, Lee

 1997. Matsalolin da ke tattare da hana sautin da ya bazu a Ekegusii. [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] 102, shafuffuka na 265-290. 
 1998. Metathesis da Dokar Dahl a cikin Ekegusii . Nazarin a cikin Kimiyya ta Harshe, Vol. 28:2, shafuffuka na 149-168. 
 1999. Babban Tone Yaduwa a cikin Ekegusii Revisited: Asusun Ka'idar Kyakkyawan . [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] 109, shafi na 109-153. 

Cammenga da Jelle

 2002 Phonology da morphology na Ekegusii: harshen Bantu na Kenya. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.

Mista, Abel Y.

 2008. Kisimbiti: Msamiati wa Kisimbiti-Ki Anglo-Kiswahili na Ki Anglo-Kisimbiti-Kiswahile / Simbiti-English-Swahili da Ingilishi-Simbiti-Swahile Lexicon. Harsunan Tanzania Project, LOT Littattafai Lexicon Series 7, 106 pp.,  . 

 [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] 

 2011. Sauti a cikin Ekegusii: Bayani na Nominal da Verbal Tonology . Jami'ar California, Santa Barbara .

 Nyauncho, Osinde K. 

 1988. Ekegusii morphophonology: bincike kan manyan matakai na consonantal. Jami'ar Nairobi.

[Hasiya]

 1956 Gabatarwa mai amfani ga Gusii. Dar es Salaam/Nairobi/Kampala: Ofishin Littattafan Gabashin Afirka. Ana samunsa a nan
 1960 Tsarin lokaci na Gusii. Kampala: Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a ta Gabashin Afirka.
 1974 Harshe a Kenya. Nairobi: Jami'ar Oxford Press.

 Dubi kuma 

 Harsunan Kenya

 Manazarta 

 Haɗin waje 

 Gusii.com Blog na Harshe na Gusii
 Ekegusii Encyclopedic Project & online Encyclopedia/DictionaryEncyclopedia / Dictionary na kan layi
 Ƙarfin Amurka ya taimaka wa ƙoƙarin wannan mutumin Kenya don tabbatar da makomar yarensa - rahoton Patrick Cox na Rediyon Jama'a na Duniya (Janairu 26, 207) 

 Sauraro 

 Labarin Rediyon Jama'a na Kasa game da harshen Kisii (daga shirin All Things Considered, Afrilu 29, 2006)