Gwere Native to Uganda Region Eastern Region Ethnicity Bagwere Native speakers
410,000 (2002 census)[1] Language family
ISO 639-3 gwr
Glottolog gwer1238
Guthrie code
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 , 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.
Orthography and alphabet [ ]
a - a - [ɑ]
aa - aa - [ɑː]
b - ba - [β]
bb - bba - [b]
c - ca - [c]
d - da - [d]
e - e - [e]
ee - ee - [eː]
f - fa - [f]
g - ga - [g]
i - i - [i]
ii - ii - [iː]
j - ja - [ɟ]
k - ka - [k]
l - la - [l]
m - ma - [m]
n - na - [n]
ny - nya - [ɲ]
ŋ - ŋa - [ŋ]
o - o - [o]
oo - oo - [oː]
p - pa - [p]
r - ra - [r]
s - sa - [s]
t - ta - [t]
u - u - [u]
uu - uu - [uː]
v - va - [v]
w - wa - [w]
y - ya - [j]
z - za - [z][3]
References [ ]
Akinlabi, Akinbiyi (1995). Theoretical approaches to African linguistics . Africa World Press. ISBN 0-86543-463-8 .
Languages of Uganda
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Narrow Bantu languages (by Guthrie classification )
Zones C – D
Zone C
C10 C20 C30 C40 C50 C60
C61a Northeast Mongo
C61b Northwest Mongo
C62 Lalia
[C63 Ngando
C611 Bafoto ]
C70 C80
Zone D
D10 D20 D30 [J]D40
[J]D41 Konzo
[J]D42 Ndandi
[J]D43 Nyanga
[J]D50
[J]D51 Hunde
[J]D52 Haavu
[J]D53 Nyabungu
[J]D54 Bembe
[J]D55 Buyi
[J]D56 Kabwari
[JD501 Nyindu
[J]JD502 Yaka
[J]JD531 Tembo ]
[J]D60
[J]D61 Ruanda
[J]D62 Rundi
[J]D63 Fuliiro
[J]D64 Shubi
[J]D65 Hangaza
[J]D66 Ha
[J]D67 Vinza
[JD631 Vira ]
Zones N – S
Zone N
N10 N20
N21 Tumbuka
[N201 Mwera of Mbamba Bay ]
N30
N31a Nyanja
N31b Cewa
N31c Manganja
N40
N41 Nsenga
N42 Kunda
N43 Nyungwe
N44 Sena
N45[44] Rue
N46[44] Podzo
[N441 Sena-Malawi ]
Zone P
P10 P20
P21 Yao
P22 Mwera
P23 Makonde
P24 Ndonde
P25 Mabiha
P30
P31 Makua
P32 Lomwe
P33 Ngulu
P34 Cuabo
[P311 Koti
P312 Sakati
P331 Lomwe of Malawi
P341 Moniga ]
Zone R
R10 R20
R21 Kwanyama
R22 Ndonga
R23 Kwambi
R24 Ngandyera
[R211 Kafima
R212 Evale
R213 Mbandja
R214 Mbalanhu
R215 Ndongwena
R216 Kwankwa
R217 Dombondola
R218 Esinga
R241 Kwaluudhi
R242 Kolonkadhi-Eunda ]
R30
R31 Herero
[R311 North-West Herero
R312 Botswana Herero ]
R40
Zone S
S10
S11 Korekore
S12 Zezuru
S13a Manyika
S13b Tebe
S14 Karanga
S15 Ndau
S16 Kalanga
S20 S30
S31a Tswana
S31b Kgatla
S31c Ngwatu
S31d[311] Khalaxadi
S32a Pedi
S32b Lobedu
S33 Sotho
[S301 Phalaborwa
S302 Kutswe
S303 Pai
S304 Pulana ]
S40 S50
S51 Tswa
S52[53] Gwamba
S53 Tsonga
S54 Ronga
[S511 Hlengwe ]
S60
S61 Copi
S62 Tonga
[S611 Lenge ]
Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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