Asụsụ Masaba

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 skwuputara 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