Munyo
RegionNortheast Tana River County
EthnicityMunyoyaya
Language codes
ISO 639-3orc
Glottologmuny1242

Munyo (Korokoro, Munyo Yaya, Munyoyaya; autonym: afaan munyoti[1]) is a variety of the Oromo language spoken by the Munyoyaya of northeast Tana River County in Kenya.[2] It is similar to the neighbouring Orma language and is regarded as a dialect of Orma by Ethnologue.[3]

References

  1. Heine, Bernd (1980). The non-Bantu languages of Kenya. D. Reimer. p. 143. ISBN 9783496001737.
  2. Heine, Bernd (1981). The Waata dialect of Oromo: grammatical sketch and vocabulary. Dietrich Reimer. p. 15. ISBN 9783496001744.
  3. "Orma". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
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