Kitara language
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| Kitara | |
|---|---|
| Runyakitara | |
| Created by | Uganda |
| Date | early 1990s |
| Users | Written language taught at university. 5 million speakers of the source languages (2002)[1] |
| Purpose | |
| Sources | Kiga, Nkore, Nyoro, & Tooro |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| JE.10A[2] | |
The Kitara language, commonly known as Runyakitara, is an artificial[2] standard language based on four closely related languages of western Uganda:
See also
- Nkore-Kiga
- Ngangela language
The Google interface has been translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. This project was coordinated by Ms. Florence Tushabe together with a team of 15 others.
References
- ↑ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Bernsten, Jan. 1998. "Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language." Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 19(2): 93-107. (online version)
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