Gungu

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A language of Uganda

ISO 639-3
rub
Alternate Names
Rugungu
Autonym
Lugungu
User Population

84,000 (2014 census), increasing. Census based on tribal affiliation.

Location

Buliisa district: Lake Albert northeast shore; down the Rift valley and hills above; Hoima district: Kigoroobya, both Town Council and Kigorobya (Rural) sub-county.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Nyoro-Ganda (E.101)
Dialects

Highland Gungu, Lowland Gungu. Reported 58% or lower inherent intelligibility with Tooro [ttj]. Nyoro [nyo] is most similar. Lexical similarity: 75% with Nyoro [nyo].

Typology

SVO; genitives, adjectives, relatives after noun heads; question word final; word order distinguishes subject and object; subject agreement obligatory, object agreement optional; tonal.

Language Use

Home, church. Used by all. Positive attitudes. All also use Nyoro [nyo]. Most also use English [eng]. Some also use Alur [alz].

Language Development

Literature. Radio. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 2017. Agency: Lugungu Language Committee.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Gungu
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used since 2006.

Other Comments

Christian.