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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Luganda canonical 46
Luganda language 3
Luganda as major lingua franca 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Lusoga ⓘ
surface form: Lunyoro

Lusoga ⓘ
Runyankole ⓘ
surface form: 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 languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu
nativeName Oluganda ⓘ
officialStatus widely used national language of Uganda ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Baganda ⓘ
region Central Region, Uganda ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Baganda people

many non-Baganda in Uganda ⓘ
usedInCapitalCity Kampala ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Kampala → majorLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Entebbe → languageUsed → Luganda ⓘ
Ssese Islands → languageSpoken → Luganda ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Buvuma Island → languageUsed → Luganda ⓘ
Vanessa Nakate → languageSpoken → Luganda ⓘ
Mukono → languageSpoken → Luganda ⓘ
Narrow Bantu → includes → Luganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luganda language
Proto-Bantu → ancestorOf → Luganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luganda language
Eastern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Bantu E languages → hasMember → Luganda ⓘ
Central Region, Uganda → hasWidelySpokenLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Buganda → language → Luganda ⓘ
Namirembe Cathedral → languageOfWorship → Luganda ⓘ
Rubaga Hill → languageOfToponym → Luganda ⓘ
Namirembe Hill → languageOfToponym → Luganda ⓘ
East African languages → includesLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
East African languages → hasLinguaFranca → Luganda ⓘ
Wakiso District → languageUsed → Luganda ⓘ
National Resistance Movement → languageOfCommunication → Luganda ⓘ
Kabaka Yekka → languageOfPolitics → Luganda ⓘ
English in Uganda → coexistsWith → Luganda ⓘ
English in Uganda → coexistsWithLinguaFranca → Luganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luganda as major lingua franca
Great Lakes Bantu languages → hasMember → Luganda ⓘ
Great Lakes Bantu languages → hasNotableLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
1980 Ugandan general election → languageOfCampaigning → Luganda ⓘ
Yusuf Lule → nativeLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Yusuf Lule → languageSpoken → Luganda ⓘ
Jinja → languageSpoken → Luganda ⓘ
Kalangala → hasLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Baganda → language → Luganda ⓘ
Ganda → alternativeName → Luganda ⓘ
Lusoga → closelyRelatedTo → Luganda ⓘ
Lusoga → hasNeighborLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Runyankole → hasLoanwordsFrom → Luganda ⓘ
Uganda National Curriculum Development Centre (for orthography and school use) → languageRegulated → Luganda ⓘ
subject surface form: Uganda National Curriculum Development Centre
Oluganda → endonymFor → Luganda ⓘ
Oluganda → hasAlternativeName → Luganda ⓘ
Kayunga District → language → Luganda ⓘ
Ganda language → alternativeName → Luganda ⓘ
Northern Region, Uganda → hasLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Buvuma District → hasLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Kabale → hasLanguageSpoken → Luganda ⓘ
Kasese → languageUsed → Luganda ⓘ
Nakasongola → hasCommonLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Kilembe → hasLanguage → Luganda ⓘ
Proto–Benue–Congo language → hasDescendant → Luganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luganda language
David Kato → hasLanguage → Luganda ⓘ