Nyoro language

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The Nyoro language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Banyoro people in western Uganda.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nyoro language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language of Uganda
natural language
alternativeName Orunyoro NERFINISHED
Runyoro
closelyRelatedTo Ganda language
Rukiga language NERFINISHED
Runyankore language NERFINISHED
Tooro language NERFINISHED
country Uganda
ethnicGroup Banyoro NERFINISHED
glottocode nyor1248
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasCulturalAssociation Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara NERFINISHED
hasDialects Nyoro-Tooro continuum
Runyoro proper NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticType agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone
hasResourceType Bible translations
radio broadcasts in Runyoro
school textbooks in Runyoro
hasStandardForm Runyoro orthography based on Latin alphabet
ISO639-2Code nyo
ISO639-3Code nyo
isPartOf Ugandan Bantu languages NERFINISHED
isTaughtIn primary schools in Bunyoro region
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Bantoid languages
Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages
neighboringLanguage Acholi language NERFINISHED
Alur language NERFINISHED
Lugbara language NERFINISHED
region Bunyoro region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Banyoro people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Uganda NERFINISHED
western Uganda NERFINISHED
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages NERFINISHED
Nyoro–Ganda languages NERFINISHED
usedByInstitution Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom administration NERFINISHED
usedFor local administration in Bunyoro
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

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

Bantu E languages hasMember Nyoro language
Ganda closelyRelatedTo Nyoro language
Ganda language closelyRelatedTo Nyoro language