Aringa, also known as Low Lugbara, is a
Central Sudanic
Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nigeria an ...
language or dialect spoken by the
Aringa people in the
West Nile region of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. 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 south ...
. It is related to the language spoken by the
Lugbara Lugbara may refer to:
* Lugbara people
*Lugbara language
Lugbara, or Lugbarati, is the language of the Lugbara people. It is spoken in the West Nile sub-region, West Nile region in northwestern Uganda, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Co ...
and
Madi Madi may refer to:
Places
* Madi, Chitwan, a municipality in Chitwan District in Nepal
* Madi Municipality, Sankhuwasabha, a municipality in Sankhuwasabha District in Nepal
* Madi Rural Municipality, Rolpa, a rural municipality in Rolpa Distri ...
peoples.
Aringa is considered a dialect of
Lugbara language
Lugbara, or Lugbarati, is the language of the Lugbara people. It is spoken in the West Nile region in northwestern Uganda, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Province.
Classification and dialects
The Aringa language, al ...
,
[Douglas Boone, Richard Watson, 1999.]
Moru–Ma'di Survey Report.
SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 1999-001. other times a separate language
[ The speakers of Lugbara and Ma'di both consider Aringa to be a separate but related language. There are several divergent forms: Andre, Kuluba, and Lebati.
]
References
Moru-Madi languages
Languages of Uganda
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