- Lugbara language
Infobox Language
name=Lugbara
nativename=
states=Uganda , DR Congo
speakers=1,040,000
familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
fam2=Nilo-Saharan
fam3=Central Sudanic
fam4=East
fam5=Moru-Madi
fam6=Central
script=
iso1=--|iso2=--|iso3=lggThe Lugbara language is the language of the
Lugbara ethnic group. It is spoken in northwesternUganda 's west Nile District, as well as theDemocratic Republic of the Congo 'sOrientale Province . [cite encyclopedia|last=Gordon|first=Raymond|title=Lugbara language|encyclopedia=Ethnologue: Languages of the World|publisher=SIL International|location=Dallas, Texas|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lgg|date=2005] Lugbara was first written by Christian missionaries in 1918, based on the Ayivu dialect. In 2000, a conference was held in the city ofArua in northwestern Uganda regarding the creation of a standardised internationalorthography for Lugbara. In 1992, thegovernment of Uganda designated it as one of five "languages of wider communication" to be used as themedium of instruction in primary education; however, unlike the other four such languages, it was never actually used in schools. [cite paper|title=Writing unwritten languages|publisher=UNESCO|url=http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/16455/10893858671Writing_unwritten_languages.doc/Writing_unwritten_languages.doc|author=Da Fonseca, N.]Aringa language , also known as Low Lugbara, is closely related, and sometimes considered a dialect of Lugbara. [Douglas Boone, Richard Watson, 1999. " [http://www.sil.org/silesr/1999/001/mmsurvey-w97.pdf Moru-Ma'di Survey Report.] " SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 1999-001.] Some scholars classify Lugbara language itself as a dialect of the Ma'di language, though this is not generally accepted. [cite book|last=Blackings|first=Mairi|coauthors=Nigel Fabb|publisher=Mouton de Gruyter|id=ISBN 3110179407|date=2003|title=A Grammar of Ma'di|pages=p. 1]See also
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Districts of Uganda References
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