Olusoga

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Olusoga is an alternative name for Lusoga, a Bantu language spoken primarily in eastern Uganda by the Basoga people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Olusoga canonical 4

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
alternativeNameOf Lusoga
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Basoga
closelyRelatedTo Luganda
Lunyole
Lusamia
countryOfficialLanguageStatus recognized regional language in Uganda
glottologCode luso1244
linked to: Luso
glottologName Lusoga
hasDialects Lusoga rural varieties
Lusoga urban varieties
hasISO639-3Code xog
hasLanguagePolicyContext Ugandan local language promotion policies
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasNounClassSystem Bantu-style noun classes
hasStandardizationEfforts orthography development in Uganda
hasWordOrder SVO
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages
languageFamily Bantu languages
languageGroup Benue–Congo languages
languageSubBranch Atlantic–Congo languages
languageSubGroup Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
nativeName Olusoga
primaryRegion Eastern Uganda
linked to: eastern Uganda
region Busoga sub-region
spokenByEthnicGroup Basoga people NERFINISHED
spokenInCountry Uganda
subFamily Great Lakes Bantu languages
usedFor daily communication among Basoga
usedIn education at local level in Busoga
local media in Busoga
usedInReligiousContext Christian liturgy and texts in Busoga
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (4)

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

Lusoga hasAlternativeName Olusoga
Soga language alternateName Olusoga
Olusoga nativeName Olusoga
Soga alternateName Olusoga