ISO 639-3 · luglug
Niger–Congo family
Luganda
Luganda is a language of the North Nyanza branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Uganda. Wikidata counts 4.1 m first-language speakers (2002) and 1 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of Uganda”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lug- ISO 639-1
lg- Glottocode
gand1255- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Centre point
- 0.50, 32.30
- Wikipedia
- 65 language editions
4.1 mfirst-language speakers
1 msecond-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
12levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Luganda |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ganda, Oluganda |
| L1 speakers | 4,100,000 (2002) |
| L2 speakers | 1,000,000 (1999) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Luganda
The branches above Luganda, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Uganda
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkinKinyarwandaNiger–Congo · 9.8 m1 · NationalrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalcggKigaNiger–Congo · 2.4 m4 · EducationalnynRunyankoleNiger–Congo · 2.3 m4 · EducationallajLangoNilo-Saharan · 2.1 m5 · DevelopingachAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingkooKonjoNiger–Congo · 609,0005 · Developing