Gwere, or ''Lugwere,'' is the language spoken by the Gwere people (''Bagwere''), a Bantu people found in the eastern part of

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It 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 ...

. It has a close dialectical resemblance to Soga and Ganda, which neighbour the Gwere.

Phonology

Consonants

Gwere has 20 consonant phonemes.

Vowels

Gwere has ten vowel phonemes, 5 short and 5 long.

Orthography and alphabet

The Gwere alphabet has 31 letters. * a - a - �* aa - aa - �ː* b - ba - �* bb - bba - * c - ca - * d - da - * e - e - * ee - ee - ː* f - fa - * g - ga - * i - i - * ii - ii - ː* j - ja - �* k - ka - * l - la - * m - ma - * n - na - * ny - nya - �* ŋ - ŋa - �* o - o - * oo - oo - ː* p - pa - * r - ra - * s - sa - * t - ta - * u - u - * uu - uu - ː* v - va - * w - wa - * y - ya - * z - za -

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