Luganda

Ganda or Luganda is a Bantu language of Uganda.

Ganda
Oluganda
Native to	Uganda
Region	Buganda
Ethnicity	Baganda
Native speakers	20 million[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza North Nyanza Ganda
Early form	early-Luganda[2]
Dialects	Kooki Ludiopa Luvuma Sese
Writing system	Latin script (Ganda alphabet) Ganda Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-1	lg
ISO 639-2	lug
ISO 639-3	lug
Glottolog	gand1255
Guthrie code	JE.15[3]
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Dictionaries

• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary. Catholic University of America Press.
• Snoxall, R.A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press, Oxford

References

1. "20 million people can speak Luganda - linguists".
2. Stephens, Rhiannon (2 September 2013). A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900. ISBN 9781107030800.
3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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