Luganda

Luganda is a language spoken in Uganda by over three million people. It belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo language family. In terms of typology it has a subject-verb-object word order and nominative-accusative morphosyntactic alignment. Another notable feature of Luganda is its geminate consonants and distinctions between long and short vowels.

Map of Luganda language speakers.
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Map of Luganda language speakers.

Basic stats

First language : 3 million

Second language : 1 million

Main Country: Uganda

Alternate names: Ganda

ISO 639-3 Code: lug


Language Sample

Abantu bazaalibwa nga balina eddembe n'obuyinza ebyenkanankana, batondebwa nga balina amagezi era nga basobola okwawula ekirungi n'ekibi bwebatyo, buli omu agwana okuyisa munne nga muganda we.

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Product Availability

The following products are currently available in Luganda:

  • For Consumers

(Coming soon)

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