Lukonzo

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Lukonzo is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bakonzo people in the Rwenzori region of western Uganda and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lukonzo canonical 2
Olukonzo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language
alternateName Konzo
Olukonzo
linked to: Lukonzo
associatedReligion Christianity
traditional African religions
belongsTo Bantoid languages
Benue–Congo languages
closelyRelatedTo Luganda (distantly within Bantu family)
countryRegion eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
western Uganda
ethnicGroup Bakonzo
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasGlottocode konz1238
hasISO639-3Code koo
hasMorphology prefixal noun classes
rich verbal inflection
hasNounClassSystem yes
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasRegion Bundibugyo District
Kasese District
linked to: Kasese

Ntoroko District
hasStatus regional language in western Uganda
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SVO
isPartOf Great Lakes Bantu languages
languageFamily Bantu
neighboringLanguage Rukiga
Runyankore
linked to: Runyankole

Runyoro
Rutooro
primaryRegion Rwenzori region
linked to: Rwenzori sub-region
regionFeature Rwenzori Mountains
spokenBy Bakonzo people
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda
subFamily Niger–Congo languages
usedFor daily communication
local trade
oral tradition
usedIn community education
local radio broadcasts
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyakalengija languageSpoken Lukonzo
Lukonzo alternateName Olukonzo
linked to: Lukonzo