Lusoga language

E935950

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

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lusoga language canonical 4
Lugwere language 1
Standard Lusoga 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
Southern Lwoo–Bantu language
natural language
belongsToBranch Great Lakes Bantu languages
closelyRelatedTo Luganda language
linked to: Luganda

Lugwere language
linked to: Lusoga language

Lusamia language
country Uganda
hasAlternativeName Olusoga
Soga
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasCulturalRegion Busoga Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Busoga
hasDialects varieties across Busoga chiefdoms
hasEducationalMaterial primers and readers in Lusoga
hasEthnicGroup Basoga people NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode luso1244
hasISO639-3Code xog
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
hasNeighboringLanguage Ateso language
linked to: Teso language

Luganda language
linked to: Luganda

Lugwere language
Lusamia language
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate 2000000+
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasRegion Busoga sub-region
hasReligiousTexts Bible translations in Lusoga
hasStandardizationBody Lusoga Language Authority
hasStandardOrthography yes
hasStatus regional language in Uganda
isOfficialLanguageOf Busoga Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Busoga
isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn Uganda
languageFamily Bantu languages
spokenBy Basoga people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Uganda
spokenInRegion Eastern Uganda
linked to: eastern Uganda
subfamilyOf Niger–Congo languages
usedFor cultural expression of Basoga people
traditional songs and folklore of Basoga people
usedIn education in Busoga region
local administration in Busoga region
local media in Eastern Uganda
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Lusoga hasEthnologueEntry Lusoga language
Lusoga hasWikipediaPage Lusoga language
Soga language hasStandardForm Standard Lusoga
linked to: Lusoga language
Lusoga language closelyRelatedTo Lugwere language
linked to: Lusoga language