Tooro language

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Tooro
Orutooro
Native toUganda
RegionTooro Kingdom
EthnicityBatooro
Native speakers
(490,000 cited 1991 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Bantu
              • Northeast Bantu
                • Great Lakes Bantu
                  • West Nyanza
                    • Rutara
                      • Nkore-Kiga-Nyoro-Tooro
                        • Nyoro-Tooro
                          • Tooro
Standard forms
  • Runyakitara
Dialects
  • Tuku
Language codes
ISO 639-3ttj
Glottologtoor1238
Guthrie code
JE.12[2]

Tooro, or Rutooro, is a Bantu language spoken mainly by the Toro 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. Rutooro is unique among Bantu languages as it lacks lexical tone.[3] It is most closely related to Runyoro.

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References[]

  1. ^ Tooro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Kaji, Shigeki (2009). "Tone and syntax in Rutooro, a toneless Bantu language of Western Uganda". Language Sciences. 31 (2–3): 239–247. doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2008.12.006.
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