Runyakitara language

Runyakitara language

Runyakitara is a recent standardized form (dating to the early 1990s) of four linguistically closely-related languages of western Uganda:
*Nyoro or Runyoro
*Chiga or Rukiga
*Nyankore or Runyankole
*Tooro or Rutooro

It might be considered a "koine" of the abovementioned tongues.

References

*Bernsten, Jan. 1998. "Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language." "Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development" 19(2): 93-107. ( [http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0093/jmmd0190093.pdf online version] )
* [http://www.makerere.ac.ug/arts/depts/morelang.html Makerere University Language Course Listing with Runyakitara]

External links

* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Runyakitara PanAfrican L10n page on Runyakitara]


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