Soga language

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The Soga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Basoga people in eastern Uganda.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Soga language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternateName Lusoga
Olusoga
closelyRelatedTo Luganda
Lunyole
Lusamia
continent Africa
country Uganda
endonym Olusoga
exonym Soga
glottocode soga1248
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu language
Proto-Niger–Congo language
linked to: Proto-Niger–Congo
hasDialects Lulamogi
Lusiginyi
Lusoga of Bugabula
Lusoga of Kigulu
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology
subject-verb-object word order
hasISOStandard ISO 639-3
hasLiterature folktales
local newspapers
religious texts
hasOrganization Lusoga Language Authority
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone language
hasStandardForm Standard Lusoga
linked to: Lusoga language
iso639-3Code xog
isOfficialMinorityLanguageIn Uganda
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
macroArea East Africa
primaryEthnicGroup Basoga
region Busoga
spokenBy Basoga people
spokenByPopulationEstimate over 2 million speakers
spokenIn Eastern Region, Uganda
Uganda
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages
Luhya-Soga languages
linked to: Luhya languages
usedFor daily communication
local media
primary education (local context)
usedIn Busoga Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Busoga
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.

Bantu E languages hasMember Soga language
Ganda closelyRelatedTo Soga language
Ganda language closelyRelatedTo Soga language