Talinga language

Talinga
Talinga
OluBwisi
Native to	Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	99,000 (2000–2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara Talinga; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tlj
Glottolog	tali1258
Guthrie code	JE.102
ELP	Talinga-Bwisi

Talinga or Bwisi is a language spoken in the Uganda–Congo border region. It is called Talinga (Kitalinga) in DRC and Bwisi (Lubwisi, Olubwisi) in Uganda.

Writing system[]

Bwisi alphabet (Uganda)^[3]
a	aa	b	bb	bh	c	d	dh	e	ee	f	g	gb	gh	h	i	ii	i̱	i̱i̱	j
k	kp	l	m	n	ny	o	oo	p	r	s	t	u	uu	u̱	u̱u̱	v	w	y	z

References[]

^ Talinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ Kwamba/Lubwisi Development Association 2016.

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[e18-1] Talinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[FOOTNOTEKwamba/Lubwisi_Development_Association_2016-3] Kwamba/Lubwisi Development Association 2016.

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