Aringa

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A language of Uganda

ISO 639-3
luc
Alternate Names
Aringa Ti, Low Lugbara
Autonym
Ãrị̃ngã tị
User Population

495,000 (2014 census), increasing. Census based on tribal affiliation.

Location

Yumbe district: north of Lugbara, west of Ma’di.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Central Sudanic, East, Moru-Madi, Central
Dialects

None known. Intelligible with Lugbara [lgg].

Typology

9 vowels, 26 consonants; highly tonal.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, village, market. Used by all. Most also use English [eng]. Most also use Lugbara [lgg]. Some also use Swahili [swh]. Also use Nubi [kcn] (Nakao 2018). Used as L2 by Kuku [ukv].

Language Development

Literature. Radio. Texts. NT: 2013.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Aringa
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 1990.

Other Comments

Aringa speakers consider theirs a separate language, related to Lugbara [lgg] and Ma’di [mhi]. Muslim, Christian.