Soga

E935948

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Soga canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language
alternateName Lusoga
Olusoga
associatedPeople Basoga people NERFINISHED
associatedRegion Busoga Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Busoga
belongsTo Great Lakes Bantu languages
closelyRelatedTo Ganda language
Luganda
continent Africa
country Uganda
countryOfficialLanguageContext Uganda (not an official national language)
ethnicGroup Basoga
glottologName Soga
guthrieClassification JE16
hasGlottocode soga1248
hasISO639-2Code xog
hasISO639-3Code xog
hasNativeName Lusoga
Olusoga
hasNounClassSystem Bantu-type noun classes
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasWordOrder SVO
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Lusoga
languageFamily Bantu
linguisticArea East Africa
locatedNear Lake Victoria
neighboringLanguages Luganda
Lugwere
Lunyole
Lusamia
primaryUse cultural expression
everyday communication
local media
region Busoga region
linked to: Busoga sub-region
spokenBy Basoga people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Uganda
spokenPrimarilyIn eastern Uganda
subfamily Niger-Congo languages
usedIn education (early primary in some areas)
religious contexts
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.