Tooro language
| Tooro | |
|---|---|
| Rutooro | |
| Native to | Uganda |
Native speakers | 490,000 (1991 census)[1] |
Standard forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ttj |
| Glottolog |
toor1238[2] |
JE.12[3] | |
Tooro, or Rutooro, is a Bantu language spoken mainly by the Tooro people (Batooro) from the Toro Kingdom region of western Uganda. There are three main areas where Rutooro as a language is mainly used and they are Kabarole District, Kyenjojo District and Kyegegwa District.
See also
Runyakitara language
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References
- ↑ Tooro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tooro". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online