Runyakitara

	Runyakitara Runyakitara 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, while Ethnologue 23 calls it "standardized" and "hybrid". The Google interface has been translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. It is also used in the ''Orumuri'' newspaper, published by New Vision Group. See also * Nyoro- Tooro Nkore-Kiga Rutara languages The Rutara or Runyakitara languages (endonym: ''Orutara'', ''Orunyakitara'') are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in the African Great Lakes region. They include languages such as Runyoro, Runyankore and Ruhaya. The language grou ... References Relevant Literature * Tumusiime, James. 2007. ''Entanda y'omugambi w'Orunyankore-Rukiga.'' Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kiga Language Kiga (also called ''Rukiga'', ''Ruchiga'', or ''Chiga'') is a Great Lakes Bantu language of the Kiga people (''Bakiga''). Kiga is a similar and partially mutually intelligible with the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of the 19th century. Kiga is largely spoken in the ancient Kigezi region which includes about 5 districts, namely Rubanda, Rukiga, Kabale, Kanungu and some parts of Rukungiri. As of 2021, Kiga is spoken natively by about 1.3 million people in Uganda. Kiga is so similar to Nkore (84%–94% lexical similarity) that some argue they are dialects of the same language, called Nkore-Kiga by Charles Taylor. Phonology * Sounds /i, u/ can also range to �, ʊwhen short or lax. * /a/ can range from a central �to a back �sound. * /r/ can also be heard as a glide �in free variation. * /b/ can be heard as �in intervocalic positions. Orthography * a - * b - * ch/c - ͡ʃ* d - * e - �* f - * g - /gʲ* h - * i - * j - ͡ʒ* k - /kʲ* ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nkore Language Nkore (also called Nkole, Nyankore, Nyankole, Orunyankore, Orunyankole, Runyankore and Runyankole) is a Bantu languages, Bantu language spoken by the Nkole people, Nkore ("Banyankore") of south-western Uganda in the former province of Ankole, as well as in Tanzania, the DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Runyankole is mainly spoken in the Mbarara District, Mbarara, Bushenyi District, Bushenyi, Ntungamo District, Ntungamo, Kiruhura District, Kiruhura, Ibanda District, Ibanda, Isingiro District, Isingiro, Rukungiri District, Rukungiri and parts of Kitagwenda districts. There is a brief description and teaching guide for this language, written by Charles V. Taylor (linguist), Charles V. Taylor in the 1950s, and an adequate dictionary in print. Whilst this language is spoken by almost all the Ugandans in the region, most also speak English, especially in the towns. (English is one of Uganda's two official languages, and the language taught in schools.) Nkore is so similar to Kiga (84– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nyoro Language The Nyoro language (autonym: ''Runyoro'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: ''Orunyoro'' (Nyoro proper) and ''Rutagwenda''. A standardized orthography was established in 1947. It's most closely related to Rutooro. Samples See also Runyakitara language Runyakitara 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 ... References Languages of Uganda Nyoro-Ganda languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tooro Language Tooro, or ''Rutooro'', is a Bantu language spoken mainly by the Toro people (''Batooro'') from the Toro Kingdom region of western Uganda. There are three main areas where Rutooro as a language is mainly used and they are Kabarole District, Kyenjojo District and Kyegegwa District. Rutooro is unique among Bantu languages as it lacks lexical tone. It is most closely related to Runyoro. See also * Runyakitara language Runyakitara 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 ... Yega Orutooro References Languages of Uganda Nyoro-Ganda languages {{Uganda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rutooro Tooro, or ''Rutooro'', is a Bantu language spoken mainly by the Toro people (''Batooro'') from the Toro Kingdom region of western Uganda. There are three main areas where Rutooro as a language is mainly used and they are Kabarole District, Kyenjojo District and Kyegegwa District. Rutooro is unique among Bantu languages as it lacks lexical tone. It is most closely related to Runyoro. See also * Runyakitara language Runyakitara 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 ... Yega Orutooro References Languages of Uganda Nyoro-Ganda languages {{Uganda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nkore-Kiga Nkore-Kiga is a language spoken by around 5,800,000 people living in the extreme southwest of Uganda. It is often defined as two separate languages: Nkore and Kiga. It is closely related to Runyoro-Rutooro. History Archibald Norman Tucker was the Linguistic Expert on Non-Arabic Languages for the government of Sudan and studied Bantu languages in Kenya and Uganda in the 1950s. In 1955, he determined that Nkore and Kiga were dialect variants of the same language and it was not long after that the Ugandan government made this new classification official.(Taylor 1985) There potentially were some political reasons for this reclassification because it was at around the same time that the Ugandan government abolished the Nkore Kingdom. Merging the two languages may have been one way the government tried to ease the integration of the Nkore Kingdom into the rest of the country. By taking away their unique language the government gave them one less way to identify themselves as an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New Vision Group The Vision Group of Companies, commonly known as the Vision Group, is a multimedia conglomerate in Uganda. It publishes the New Vision (newspaper), an English-language daily newspaper, that appears in print form and online, as well as newspapers and magazines in a variety of Ugandan languages. History The group was established in 1986, with the flagship publication, the New Vision Newspaper. The company's first managing director was William Pike, who started the year the group launched. In 2007, a board member of the New Vision Group was allegedly poisoned. In 2009, the group apologized for publishing a corruption story on Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda. The group launched its global mobile application (E-Paper) in 2015 but disabled it in 2019 to work on upgrading it. In March 2016, the groups signed a partnership with Wakaliwood Uganda to promote the Ugandan film industry. In 2017, the group's accountant was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling 262 million sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rutara Languages The Rutara or Runyakitara languages (endonym: ''Orutara'', ''Orunyakitara'') are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in the African Great Lakes region. They include languages such as Runyoro, Runyankore and Ruhaya. The language group takes its name from the Empire of Kitara. Classification Rutara is divided into two branches, North and South Rutara, and two independent languages that have more particular features. The languages are: North Rutara languages * Nyoro- Tooro (Runyoro-Rutooro) * Nkore-Kiga (Runyankore-Rukiga) * Ruuli (Ruruuli) * Talinga-Bwisi (Lutalinga/Lubwisi) * Hema (Ruhema) South Rutara languages * Haya (Ruhaya) * Nyambo (Runyambo) Zinza and Kerewe (independent) * Zinza (Ruzinza) * Kerewe (Rukerebe/Kikerebe) History According to glottochronological calculations, Proto-Rutara emerged in the year 700AD. Proto-Rutara was first spoken in the Kagera Region of Tanzania near Bukoba before spreading northwards into uganda and the DRC The De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nyoro-Ganda Languages The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa. They were recognized as a group by the ''Tervuren'' team, who posited them as an additional zone (zone J) to Guthrie's largely geographic classification of Bantu. History By 500BC, proto-Great Lakes Bantu speakers initially settled between Lakes Kivu and Rweru in Rwanda, before rapidly spreading as far east as Kenya. Languages The languages are, according to Bastin, Coupez, & Mann (1999), with Sumbwa added per Nurse (2003): ''Gungu'' (E10) '' Bwari (Kabwari)'' (D50) Konzo (D40): Konjo, Nande, ? Kobo Shi–Havu (D50): Hunde, Havu, Shi, Tembo, Nyindu, Fuliiro Rwanda-Rundi (D60): Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Shubi, Hangaza, Ha, Vinza Nyoro–Ganda (E10): Ganda, Nyankore, Nyoro, Tooro, Hema, Chiga, Soga, Gwere, West Nyala, Ruli ::(See also Rutara languages, Runyakitara language, Nkore-Kiga) Haya–Jita (E20): Haya–Rashi, Talinga-Bwis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical .... The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile, Nile basin and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate. It has a population of around 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Standard Language A standard language (also standard variety, standard dialect, and standard) is a language variety that has undergone substantial codification of grammar and usage, although occasionally the term refers to the entirety of a language that includes a standardized form as one of its varieties. Typically, the language varieties that undergo substantive standardization are the dialects associated with centers of commerce and government. By processes that linguistic anthropologists call "referential displacement" and that sociolinguists call "elaboration of function", these varieties acquire the social prestige associated with commerce and government. As a sociological effect of these processes, most users of this language come to believe that the standard language is inherently superior or consider it the linguistic baseline against which to judge other varieties of language. The standardization of a language is a continual process, because a language-in-use cannot be permanently stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artificial Language Artificial languages are languages of a typically very limited size which emerge either in computer simulations between artificial agents, robot interactions or controlled psychological experiments with humans. They are different from both constructed languages and formal languages in that they have been consciously devised by an individual or group but are the result of (distributed) conventionalisation processes, much like natural languages. Opposed to the idea of a central ''designer'', the field of artificial language evolution in which artificial languages are studied can be regarded as a sub-part of the more general cultural evolution studies. Origin The idea of creation of artificial language arose in 17th and 18th century as a result of gradually decreasing international role of Latin. The initial schemes were mainly aimed at the development of a rational language free from inconsistence of living language and based on classification of concepts. The material of living la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]