Lugwere

E938022

Lugwere is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bagwere people in eastern Uganda.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lugwere canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language
closelyRelatedTo Luganda
Lunyole
Lusoga
country Uganda
countryOfficialLanguageContext not an official language of Uganda
ethnicGroup Bagwere
glottocode lugw1238
hasAlternativeName Gwere
Lugwere language
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasBibleTranslation partial Bible translation available
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasNeighboringLanguage Ateso
Luganda
Lugwere dialects of adjacent districts
Lunyole
Lusoga
hasNounClassSystem yes
hasOrthographyStandardizationEfforts yes
hasSpeakerCommunity Bagwere community associations in Uganda
hasTonalPhonology yes
ISO639-3Code gwr
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages

Niger–Congo languages
region Eastern Uganda
linked to: eastern Uganda
spokenBy Bagwere people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Eastern Region, Uganda
Uganda
spokenInDistrict Budaka District
Butebo District
Kibuku District
Pallisa District
parts of Mbale District
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages
usedAlongside English in education
Luganda in trade and communication
usedFor daily communication among Bagwere
usedIn local radio broadcasting in Eastern Uganda
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lusoga hasNeighborLanguage Lugwere
Bantu zone E hasLanguage Lugwere
Lunyole neighboringLanguage Lugwere
Soga neighboringLanguages Lugwere