Runyoro

E695723

Runyoro is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Banyoro people in western Uganda.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Runyoro canonical 18
Runyoro language 3
Runyoro-Rutooro 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language
alternateName Nyoro
Orunyoro
closelyRelatedTo Luganda
Rutooro
country Uganda
ethnicGroupAssociated Banyoro
linked to: Bunyoro
glottologCode nyor1248
glottologName Nyoro
hasDialectsOrVarieties Runyoro–Rutooro
linked to: Runyoro
hasNativeSpeakersIn Bunyoro sub-region of Uganda
ISO639-3Code nyo
languageBranch Great Lakes Bantu languages
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
region Bunyoro region
linked to: Bunyoro
spokenBy Banyoro people
spokenIn Uganda
spokenPrimarilyIn western Uganda
subfamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Bantu (Zone J)
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
Nyoro–Ganda languages
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
usedIn cultural practices of the Banyoro
education at local level in some schools in Bunyoro
local administration in parts of western Uganda
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

Bantu E languages hasMember Runyoro
English in Uganda coexistsWith Runyoro-Rutooro
linked to: Runyoro
Runyankole closelyRelatedTo Runyoro
Masindi languageSpoken Runyoro
Kasese languageUsed Runyakitara
linked to: Runyoro
Kingdom of Bunyoro language Runyoro
Bantu zone E hasLanguage Runyoro
Bantu zone E hasLanguage Runyoro-Rutooro
linked to: Runyoro
Nyoro language closelyRelatedTo Runyankore language
linked to: Runyoro
Nyoro language hasDialects Runyoro proper
linked to: Runyoro
Runyoro hasDialectsOrVarieties Runyoro–Rutooro
linked to: Runyoro
Tooro language closelyRelatedTo Runyoro language
linked to: Runyoro
Tooro language lexicalSimilarityWith Runyoro language
linked to: Runyoro
Tooro language neighboringLanguage Runyoro language
linked to: Runyoro
Rutooro closelyRelatedTo Runyoro
Chiga–Nyankore cluster closelyRelatedTo Runyoro–Rutooro
linked to: Runyoro
Bunyoro officialLanguage Runyoro
Chiga closelyRelatedTo Runyoro
Nyoro-Ganda hasMember Runyoro
Nyoro-Ganda closelyRelatedTo Runyoro
Nyoro-Ganda hasSubgroup Runyoro
Lukonzo neighboringLanguage Runyoro
Nyoro–Ganda language group hasMajorLanguage Runyoro–Tooro
linked to: Runyoro
Runyankole language closelyRelatedTo Runyoro
subject linked to: nyn