Chiga

E813775

Chiga is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Chiga (Kiga) people in southwestern Uganda near the Great Lakes region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chiga canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Kiga ⓘ
Rukiga ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Runyankore ⓘ
linked to: Runyankole

Runyoro ⓘ
Rutooro ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chiga people ⓘ
Kiga people ⓘ
glottocode kiga1248 ⓘ
glottologName Kiga ⓘ
guthrieCode JE14 ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu ⓘ
Proto-Niger-Congo ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Niger–Congo
hasDialects Northern Kiga ⓘ
linked to: Kiga

Southern Kiga ⓘ
linked to: Kiga
hasNounClasses yes ⓘ
hasTone yes ⓘ
iso639-3Code cgg ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages
lexicalSimilarityWith Rukiga-Runyankore cluster ⓘ
Runyankore ⓘ
linked to: Runyankole
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
macroFamily Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
phonologicalFeature has noun class system ⓘ
primaryArea Kigezi region ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
regionOfUse Kabale District ⓘ
Kanungu District ⓘ
Kisoro District ⓘ
Rukungiri District ⓘ
spokenIn Uganda ⓘ
spokenInRegion southwestern Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Southwestern Uganda
spokenNear African Great Lakes region ⓘ
status regional language in Uganda ⓘ
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
Narrow Bantu ⓘ
subgroup Rutara languages ⓘ
usedBy Chiga ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Chiga people
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
local media ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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