Runyakitara language

Artificial standard language

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

  1. ^ a b Nyankore at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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]
  • PanAfrican L10n page on Runyakitara
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