The Official language of Uganda
English
But Luganda and Shwahili is widely spoken round a number of parts of Uganda
In south central Uganda, the Bantu languages of Luganda and Soga are largely interintelligible. This dialectic similarity also extends to the Lussese language spoken in the Ssese Islands of Lake Victoria
Mbarara in Ankole District speak Nkole and people from Fort Portal in Toro District speakTooro, but in the area between those towns one will find villages where most of the people speak a dialect which is best characterized as intermediate between Nkole and Tooro. In recognition of the closeness of four of these languages (Nkole, Tooro, Kiga, and Nyoro), and in order to facilitate work in them such as teaching, a standardized version called "Runyakitara" was developed around 1990.
Of Nilo-Saharan, the Eastern Sudanic branch is well represented by several Nilotic languages,eastern as well as western. Eastern Nilotic languages include Karamojong of Eastern Uganda , the Bari languages in the extreme northwestern corner , and Teso south of Lake Kyoga Alur , Acholi, Lango, Adhola language and Kumam language of eastern Uganda are Western Nilotic Luo languages (Acholi and Lango are interintelligible, and sometimes the term "Luo" is used to cover them).
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