Lugwere

E938022

Lugwere is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bagwere people in eastern Uganda.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lugwere canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Luganda ⓘ
Lunyole ⓘ
Lusoga ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageContext not an official language of Uganda ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bagwere ⓘ
glottocode lugw1238 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gwere ⓘ
Lugwere language ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation partial Bible translation available ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Ateso ⓘ
Luganda ⓘ
Lugwere dialects of adjacent districts ⓘ
Lunyole ⓘ
Lusoga ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem yes ⓘ
hasOrthographyStandardizationEfforts yes ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Bagwere community associations in Uganda ⓘ
hasTonalPhonology yes ⓘ
ISO639-3Code gwr ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages

Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
region Eastern Uganda ⓘ
linked to: eastern Uganda
spokenBy Bagwere people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Eastern Region, Uganda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
spokenInDistrict Budaka District ⓘ
Butebo District ⓘ
Kibuku District ⓘ
Pallisa District ⓘ
parts of Mbale District ⓘ
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAlongside English in education ⓘ
Luganda in trade and communication ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Bagwere ⓘ
usedIn local radio broadcasting in Eastern Uganda ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lusoga → hasNeighborLanguage → Lugwere ⓘ
Bantu zone E → hasLanguage → Lugwere ⓘ
Lunyole → neighboringLanguage → Lugwere ⓘ
Soga → neighboringLanguages → Lugwere ⓘ