Rukiga
E705636
Rukiga is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bakiga people in southwestern Uganda.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bakiga culture
ⓘ
Kigezi highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Runyankore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Runyankore-Rukiga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Uganda ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bakiga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | chig1238 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kiga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orukiga NERFINISHED ⓘ Rukiga language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | Bible translated into Rukiga ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
subject-verb-object word order ⓘ |
| hasLiterature |
folktales and proverbs
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ |
| hasNeighborLanguage |
Rukonjo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Runyankore NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutooro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Runyankore-Rukiga standard in Ugandan media ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | cgg ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | cgg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ |
| officialStatus | recognized local language in Uganda ⓘ |
| partOfDialectCluster | Nyankore-Kiga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kigezi region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Bakiga people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenPrimarilyIn | southwestern Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily |
East Bantu languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Lakes Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local media ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| usedIn | Kigezi sub-region of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | early primary education in some areas of Uganda ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
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