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Ganda or Luganda [4] (/ l uː ˈ ɡ æ n d ə / loo-GAN-də; [5] Oluganda [oluɡâːndá]) [6] is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 5.56 million Baganda [7] and other people principally in central Uganda, including the country's capital, Kampala.
Language families map of Uganda. In Uganda, the most spoken language in the capital city is Luganda, followed by English (also the official language since 1962), as all schools in Uganda use it in their studies due to the introduction of English during the colonial period. English is also the language of business and judicial matters. [1]
Ugandan English, also colloquially referred to as Uglish (/ ˈ j uː ɡ l ɪ ʃ / YOO-glish), is the variety of English spoken in Uganda. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Aside from Uglish (first recorded in 2012), other colloquial portmanteau words are Uganglish (recorded from 2006) and Ugandlish (2010).
Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [12] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [12]
It is even used in South Sudan, mostly for business transactions. Luganda is the most spoken local language in Uganda. Despite all efforts made by different governments to promote Kiswahili over the language, it has survived and is still growing. [3] In literature and common discourse, Buganda is often referred to as Central Uganda. [103]
Nyoro or Runyoro (Orunyoro, [oɾuɲôɾo]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: Runyoro proper and Rutagwenda. A standardized orthography was established in 1947. [3] It's most closely related to Rutooro.
Mpindi is one of the 56 clans of the Buganda Kingdom, one of the largest ethnic tribes of Uganda. The Mpindi clan head (omutaka) is called Mazige and the clan seat (obutaka) is at Muyenje, Busiro County in Uganda. [1] The Mpindi clan has the mpindi, a Luganda word for cowpea (Vigna unguiculalta) or Kiyindiru in Luganda, as its totem.
Runyakitara [4] is a standardized language based on four closely related languages of western Uganda: Nyoro or Runyoro; Kiga (Chiga) or Rukiga; Nkore or Runyankole; Tooro or Rutooro; Jouni Filip Maho's 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online calls it an artificial language, [3] while Ethnologue calls it "standardized" and "hybrid". [1]