Nyoro language

Nyoro
Orunyoro
Native toUganda
RegionBunyoro
EthnicityBanyoro
Native speakers
670,000 (2002 census)[1]
Standard forms
Dialects
  • Runyoro proper
  • Rutagwenda
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2nyo
ISO 639-3nyo
Glottolognyor1246
JE.11[2]
PersonOmuNyoro
PeopleAbaNyoro
LanguageOruNyoro
CountryBuNyoro

Nyoro or Runyoro (Orunyoro, IPA: [oɾuɲôɾo]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: Runyoro proper and Rutagwenda. A standardized orthography was established in 1947.[3] It's most closely related to Rutooro.

  1. ^ Nyoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Nyoro Language Page". 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-09-10. Retrieved 2019-11-18.