Ganda

E275005

Ganda is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Uganda, where it serves as a major lingua franca and the language of the Baganda people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ganda canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Luganda ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Nyoro language ⓘ
Soga language ⓘ
Tooro language ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
ethnicGroup Baganda ⓘ
GuthrieClassification JE15 ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation Bible translated into Luganda ⓘ
hasDialects rural varieties of Luganda ⓘ
standard Luganda ⓘ
hasGrammarDescription descriptive grammars published in English ⓘ
hasMedia newspapers in Luganda ⓘ
radio broadcasts in Luganda ⓘ
television programs in Luganda ⓘ
hasOrthography standard Luganda orthography based on Latin alphabet ⓘ
ISO639-1Code lg ⓘ
ISO639-2Code lug ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
linguisticArea Great Lakes region of Africa ⓘ
morphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers millions of speakers ⓘ
phonologicalFeature has tone ⓘ
has vowel length contrast ⓘ
primaryRegion Central Region of Uganda ⓘ
region Buganda ⓘ
role language of the Baganda people ⓘ
major lingua franca in Uganda ⓘ
standardizedIn 20th century ⓘ
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu ⓘ
Narrow Bantu ⓘ
usedAs language of administration at local level in Uganda ⓘ
language of education in Uganda ⓘ
language of media in Uganda ⓘ
usedBy Baganda people ⓘ
linked to: Baganda

many non-Baganda Ugandans as lingua franca ⓘ
usedIn local literature in Uganda ⓘ
popular music in Uganda ⓘ
religious services in Uganda ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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