| Nyoro-Tooro | |
|---|---|
| Runyoro-Rutooro | |
| Orunyoro-Orutooro | |
| Native to | Uganda |
| Region | Bunyoro, Tooro Kingdom |
| Ethnicity | Banyoro people, Batooro people |
Native speakers | 1,155,000 (2002/1991 census)[1] |
Standard forms | |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:nyo – Nyorottj – Tooro |
| Glottolog | nyor1247 |
JE.11–12[2] | |
Nyoro-Tooro is a language spoken by around 1,200,000 people living in western Uganda. It is often defined as two separate languages: Nyoro and Tooro, though it is defined as one language by the Ministry of Education in Uganda.[3]: 143–144 It is closely related to Runyankore-Rukiga.
- ^ Nyoro at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Tooro at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Ladefoged, Peter; Glick, Ruth; Clive, Criper (1972). Language in Uganda. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-436101-9.
