Kuria is a language spoken in Migori County in Kenya to Musoma Rural District in Tanzania by the Kuria people.
It belongs to the Abakurya group of languages .
Kuria language has approximately 300,000 native speakers.
The language has 6 dialects; Simbiti, Nyabasi, Bwiregi, Surwa, Bukira and Busweta.
Their homeland is bounded east by the Migori river and west by the Mara river estuary.
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