Chiga

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Chiga is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Chiga (Kiga) people in southwestern Uganda near the Great Lakes region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chiga canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language
alternateName Kiga
Rukiga
closelyRelatedTo Runyankore
linked to: Runyankole

Runyoro
Rutooro
continent Africa
country Uganda
ethnicGroup Chiga people
Kiga people
glottocode kiga1248
glottologName Kiga
guthrieCode JE14
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu
Proto-Niger-Congo
linked to: Proto-Niger–Congo
hasDialects Northern Kiga
linked to: Kiga

Southern Kiga
linked to: Kiga
hasNounClasses yes
hasTone yes
iso639-3Code cgg
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
lexicalSimilarityWith Rukiga-Runyankore cluster
Runyankore
linked to: Runyankole
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
macroFamily Niger-Congo languages
phonologicalFeature has noun class system
primaryArea Kigezi region
region East Africa
regionOfUse Kabale District
Kanungu District
Kisoro District
Rukungiri District
spokenIn Uganda
spokenInRegion southwestern Uganda
linked to: Southwestern Uganda
spokenNear African Great Lakes region
status regional language in Uganda
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages
Narrow Bantu
subgroup Rutara languages
usedBy Chiga ethnic group
linked to: Chiga people
usedFor daily communication
local media
oral literature
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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