Rutooro

E695725

Rutooro is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tooro people in western Uganda.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rutooro canonical 12
Nkore 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Orutooro ⓘ
Rutooro language ⓘ
Tooro ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Rukiga ⓘ
Runyankore ⓘ
linked to: Runyankole

Runyoro ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tooro people ⓘ
family Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages
hasAutonym Orutooro ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasDialects varieties associated with different Tooro subregions ⓘ
hasGlottocode toor1243 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code ttj ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
languageBranch Narrow Bantu ⓘ
languageGroup Nyoro-Tooro languages ⓘ
macrolanguageGrouping Runyakitara ⓘ
linked to: Rukiga language
region Tooro Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Tooro
spokenIn Uganda ⓘ
spokenInRegion Western Uganda ⓘ
standardizedIn Uganda ⓘ
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
usedBy Tooro Kingdom administration ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Tooro people ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn local education in Tooro region ⓘ
local media in Tooro region ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Bantu E languages → hasMember → Rutooro ⓘ
Runyankole → hasAlternativeName → Nkore ⓘ
linked to: Rutooro
Runyankole → closelyRelatedTo → Rutooro ⓘ
Bantu zone E → hasLanguage → Rutooro ⓘ
Runyoro → closelyRelatedTo → Rutooro ⓘ
Rukiga → hasNeighborLanguage → Rutooro ⓘ
Toro → officialLanguage → Rutooro ⓘ
Toro → hasLanguageAdjective → Rutooro ⓘ
Chiga → closelyRelatedTo → Rutooro ⓘ
Lukonzo → neighboringLanguage → Rutooro ⓘ
Runyankole language → closelyRelatedTo → Rutooro ⓘ
subject linked to: nyn