Nyoro-Tooro | |
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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.