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.

### 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.

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

## Kwalejin Ekegusii Noun

### Samfurori 1

## Tsarin Lissafi na Ekegusii

### Misali 2

## Misalai na samfurori

## 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.&nbsp;
* 1998. Metathesis da Dokar Dahl a cikin Ekegusii . Nazarin a cikin Kimiyya ta Harshe, Vol. 28:2, shafuffuka na 149-168.&nbsp;
* 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.&nbsp;

**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](http://troyspier.com/A%20Practical%20Introduction%20to%20Gusii%20-%20Whiteley%20(1956).pdf)
* 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)