Lugbara language

Lugbara
Native toUganda, DR Congo
EthnicityLugbara
Native speakers
1.6 million (2014 Census)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
lgg – Lugbara
snm – Southern Ma'di
Glottologlugb1240  Lugbara
sout2828  S. Ma'di

Lugbara, or Lugbarati, is the language of the Lugbara people. It is spoken in the West Nile region in northwestern Uganda, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Province with a little extension to the South Sudan as the Zande or Azande people.[2]

  1. ^ Lugbara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Southern Ma'di at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Gordon, Raymond (2005). "Lugbara language". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.