Runyakitara language
Artificial standard language
| Kitara | |
|---|---|
| Orunyakitara | |
| Created by | Uganda |
| Date | early 1990s |
| Users | Written language taught at university. 3 million speakers of the source languages (2002)[1] |
| Purpose | standard language |
| Sources | Kiga, Nkore, Nyoro, & Tooro |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
JE.10A[2] | |
Runyakitara[3] is a standardized language based on four closely related languages of western Uganda:
- Nyoro or Runyoro
- Kiga (Chiga) or Rukiga
- Nkore or Runyankole
- Tooro or Rutooro
Jouni Filip Maho's 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online calls it an artificial language,[2] while Ethnologue calls it "standardized" and "hybrid".[1]
The Google interface was translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. It is also used in the Orumuri newspaper, published by New Vision Group.[4]
See also
- Nyoro-Tooro
- Nkore-Kiga
- Rutara languages
References
- ^ a b Nyankore at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Bernsten, Jan (1998-03-01). "Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 19 (2): 93–107. doi:10.1080/01434639808666345. ISSN 0143-4632.
- ^ "Orumuri (@Orumuri) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
Relevant Literature
- Tumusiime, James. 2007. Entanda y'omugambi w'Orunyankore-Rukiga. Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers. [a collection of proverbs, entire book is written in the language, with no English]
External links
- PanAfrican L10n page on Runyakitara
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