Luganda

Ganda or Luganda is a Bantu language of Uganda.

Ganda
Oluganda
Native toUganda
RegionBuganda
EthnicityBaganda
Native speakers20 million[1]  (date missing)
Language family
Early forms:
early-Luganda[2]
  • Ganda
Dialects
Kooki
Ludiopa
Luvuma
Sese
Writing systemLatin script (Ganda alphabet)
Ganda Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-1lg
ISO 639-2lug
ISO 639-3lug
Guthrie codeJE.15[3]

Dictionaries

  • Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary. Catholic University of America Press.
  • Snoxall, R.A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press, Oxford

References

  1. "20 million people can speak Luganda - linguists".
  2. Stephens, Rhiannon (2 September 2013). A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900. ISBN 9781107030800.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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