Luganda

E56177

Bantu language language

Luganda is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in Uganda, serving as a key lingua franca and cultural language of the Baganda people.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language → language →
closelyRelatedTo	Lunyoro → Lusoga → Rukiga → Runyankole →
country	Uganda →
GlottologCode	gand1255 →
GlottologName	Ganda →
hasAlternativeName	Ganda →
hasDialects	rural varieties of Luganda → standard Luganda →
hasGrammaticalFeature	agglutinative morphology → subject–verb–object basic word order →
hasLiterature	newspapers → radio and television content → religious texts → school textbooks →
hasNounClasses	over 10 grammatical noun classes →
hasPhonologicalFeature	long and short vowels → noun class system → tone language →
hasStandardizationBody	Uganda National Curriculum Development Centre (for orthography and school use) →
influencedBy	Arabic loanwords via Swahili → English →
ISO639-1Code	lg →
ISO639-2Code	lug →
ISO639-3Code	lug →
languageFamily	Bantu →
nativeName	Oluganda →
officialStatus	widely used national language of Uganda →
primaryEthnicGroup	Baganda →
region	Central Region of Uganda →
role	cultural language of the Baganda → lingua franca in Uganda →
spokenIn	Uganda →
standardizedIn	20th century →
subfamily	Atlantic–Congo languages → Benue–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages → Southern Bantu languages →
usedAs	language of education in some Ugandan schools → language of local administration in parts of Uganda → language of media in Uganda →
usedBy	Baganda people → many non-Baganda in Uganda →
usedInCapitalCity	Kampala →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atlantic–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages →	includesLanguage
Buvuma Island → Entebbe →	languageUsed
Bantu languages → Kampala →	majorLanguage
Ssese Islands →	languageSpoken