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Nkore language

Index Nkore language

Nkore (also called Nkole, Nyankore, Nyankole, Orunyankore, Orunyankole, Runyankore and Runyankole) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nkore ("Banyankore") and Hima peoples of south-western Uganda in the former province of Ankole. [1]

33 relations: Ankole, Atlantic–Congo languages, Bantoid languages, Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Bunyoro, Burundi, Bushenyi District, Charles V. Taylor, Congo Basin, Dialect, Empire of Kitara, Great Lakes Bantu languages, Ha people, Haya people, Hema people, Ibanda District, Isingiro District, Kiga people, Kiruhura District, Kitara language, Mbarara District, Nkole people, Nkore-Kiga language, Northeast Bantu languages, Ntungamo District, Nyambo language, Nyoro people, Rukungiri District, Rwanda, Tanzania, Toro people, Uganda.

Ankole

Ankole, also referred to as Nkore, was a traditional Bantu kingdom in Uganda.

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Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages are a major division constituting the core of the Niger–Congo language family of Africa, characterised by the noun class systems typical of the family.

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Bantoid languages

Bantoid is a putative major division of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo language family.

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Bantu languages

The Bantu languages (English:, Proto-Bantu: */baⁿtʊ̀/) technically the Narrow Bantu languages, as opposed to "Wide Bantu", a loosely defined categorization which includes other "Bantoid" languages are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu peoples throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Benue–Congo languages

Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Bunyoro

Bunyoro is a kingdom in Western Uganda.

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Burundi

Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi (Republika y'Uburundi,; République du Burundi, or), is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.

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Bushenyi District

Bushenyi District is a district in Western Uganda.

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Charles V. Taylor

Charles V. Taylor (30 November 1918 – 2009) was an Australian linguist and the author of at least 19 books on topics ranging from African linguistics to church history.

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Congo Basin

The Congo Basin is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River.

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Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.

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Empire of Kitara

The Empire of Kitara (Empire of Light), also known as Bunyoro-Kitara, refers specifically to the Kingdom of the Bakitara at the time of its greatest expansion, which had rulership that stretched throughout the Nile valley and beyond.

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Great Lakes Bantu languages

The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa.

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Ha people

The Ha, also called Waha (singular Muha) or Abaha, are an ethnic and linguistic group found in Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania bordering the Lake Tanganyika.

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Haya people

The Haya are an ethnic and linguistic tribe based in the Bukoba District, Muleba District and Karagwe District of Kagera Region in northwestern Tanzania, East Africa.

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Hema people

The Hema, or Hima or Huma, are an ethnic group with about 160,000 members located in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular the Ituri region and Orientale Province, as well as parts of Uganda and Rwanda.

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Ibanda District

Ibanda District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda.

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Isingiro District

Isingiro District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda.

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Kiga people

The Kiga people, or Abakiga ("people of the mountains"), are an ethnic group located in northern Rwanda and southern Uganda.

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Kiruhura District

Kiruhura District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda.

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Kitara language

The Kitara language, commonly known as Runyakitara, is an artificial standard language based on four closely related languages of western Uganda.

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Mbarara District

Mbarara District is a district in Western Uganda.

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Nkole people

Nkole people belong to the Bantus of East Africa.

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Nkore-Kiga language

Nkore-Kiga is a language spoken by around 3,910,000 people living in the extreme southwest of Uganda.

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Northeast Bantu languages

The Northeast Bantu languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in East Africa.

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Ntungamo District

Ntungamo District is a district in Western Uganda.

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Nyambo language

The Nyambo, or Ragwe, are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in the Karagwe District of Kagera Region in far northwestern Tanzania.

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Nyoro people

Nyoro people are Bantus from Uganda, Eastern Africa.

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Rukungiri District

Rukungiri District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda.

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Rwanda

Rwanda (U Rwanda), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Repubulika y'u Rwanda; République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Toro people

The Toro people, Tooro people or Batooro are a Bantu ethnic group, native to Tooro Kingdom, a subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda.

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Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East Africa.

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Redirects here:

Hima language, ISO 639:nyn, Nkole language, Nyankole language, Nyankore language, Runyankole, Runyankole language, Runyankore, Runyankore language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkore_language

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