Tooro language
E695724
The Tooro language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tooro people in western Uganda.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Orutooro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rutooro ⓘ Rutoro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Great Lakes Bantu subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Rukiga language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Runyankore language NERFINISHED ⓘ Runyoro language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Uganda ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tooro people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | toor1241 ⓘ |
| guthrieClassification | JE15 ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Orutooro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Ethnologue: Tooro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Rutooro standard orthography ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooro_language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ttj ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | primary schools in Tooro region ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Benue–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volta–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith | Runyoro language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Rukiga language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Runyankore language ⓘ Runyoro language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfDialectCluster | Nyoro–Tooro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kingdom of Tooro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tooro people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Uganda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Region, Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Great Lakes Bantu languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lakes Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | language of local media in Tooro region ⓘ |
| usedFor |
religious activities in Tooro region
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies of Tooro people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cultural practices of Tooro people
ⓘ
local administration in Tooro region ⓘ oral literature of Tooro people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.