Nyoro–Ganda language group

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The Nyoro–Ganda language group is a cluster of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in Uganda, including varieties such as Runyankole, Runyoro, and Luganda.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
language cluster
closelyRelatedTo Haya language
Nyankore–Kiga languages
glottologCode nyor1246
glottologName Nyoro-Ganda
guthrieClassification JE10
JE15
JE16
JE17
JE18
hasAlternativeName Ganda–Nyoro group
Nyoro-Ganda
Nyoro–Ganda
linked to: Nyoro-Ganda
hasMajorLanguage Luganda
Runyankore–Rukiga
linked to: Runyankole

Runyoro–Tooro
linked to: Runyoro
hasMember Ganda
Luganda
Rukiga
Runyankole
Runyankore–Rukiga
linked to: Runyankole

Runyoro
Runyoro–Tooro
linked to: Runyakitara
isoScope coveredByMultipleISO639-3Codes
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone
verb prefixation
partOf Guthrie Zone J
region East Africa
Great Lakes region of Africa
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tanzania
Uganda
subclassOf Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages
Great Lakes Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
usedByEthnicGroup Baganda
Bakiga
Banyankore
Banyoro
linked to: Bunyoro

Batooro
linked to: Batoro
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.

Runyankole partOfDialectCluster Nyoro–Ganda language group
Kinyankole language subFamily Nyoro–Ganda languages
linked to: Nyoro–Ganda language group
Nyoro language subfamily Nyoro–Ganda languages
linked to: Nyoro–Ganda language group
Runyoro subfamily Nyoro–Ganda languages
linked to: Nyoro–Ganda language group
Nyoro–Ganda language group closelyRelatedTo Nyankore–Kiga languages
linked to: Nyoro–Ganda language group
Nyoro–Ganda language group hasAlternativeName Ganda–Nyoro group
linked to: Nyoro–Ganda language group