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Ganda

A language of Uganda

ISO 639-3: lug

Population	4,130,000 (2002 census).
Region	Southeast, primarily Buganda Province, Lake Victoria northwest shore to Lake Kyoga and Tanzania border.
Language map	Uganda, reference number 8
Alternate names	Luganda
Dialects	Kooki (Olukooki), Sese (Olusese), Vuma (Luvuma), Diopa (Ludiopa). Lexical similarity: 71%–86% with Soga [xog], 68% with Gwere [gwr].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Nyoro-Ganda (J.10)
Language use	Y, especially in the south. Most widely spoken L2 in Uganda next to English. 1,000,000 L2 speakers (Wiesenfeld 1999). Used in primary schools and churches especially in the south. The Kooki dialect may be extinct. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude.
Language development	Taught in primary schools. Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Bible: 1896–1968.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	The people are called ‘Baganda’; The Vuma Dialect is moribund. SVO. Agriculturalists: bananas, tobacco, beans, millet, maize, sweet potatoes, peanuts, cassava, cotton; animal husbandry: cattle, goats, poultry; hunters.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Amaka gʼenkazaluggya. 2008.

Amasomo gʼoLuganda (Akatabo Akasooka). 2007.

Amasomo gʼoLuganda 2 (Akatabo akʼokubiri). 2009.

Amasomo gʼoLuganda 3 (Akatabo akʼokusatu). 2009.

Ndaba omukira .... 2008.