Gwere language
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| Gwere | |
|---|---|
| (O)lugwere | |
| Native to | Uganda |
Native speakers | 410,000 (2002 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gwr |
| JE.17[2] | |
Gwere, or Lugwere, is the language spoken by the Gwere people (Bagwere), a Bantu people found in the eastern part of Uganda. It has a close dialectical resemblance to Soga and Ganda, which neighbour the Gwere.
Gwere, though closest in dialect to its eastern neighbours, also has many words similar to those used by tribes from the western part of Uganda. For example musaiza (a man) resembles mushiiza used by the western languages with the same meaning.
The Ruli, a somewhat distant people living in central Uganda, speak a language that has almost exactly the same words used in Lugwere, but with a very different pronunciation.
References
- ↑ Gwere reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Akinlabi, Akinbiyi (1995). Theoretical approaches to African linguistics. Africa World Press. ISBN 0-86543-463-8.
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