Kiga language
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See also: Nkore-Kiga language
Kiga (also called Rukiga, Ruchiga, or Chiga) is a Great Lakes Bantu language of the Kiga people (Bakiga). Kiga is a similar and partially mutually intelligible with the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of the 19th century. Kiga is largely spoken in the ancient Kigezi region which includes about 5 districts, namely Rubanda, Rukiga, Kabale, Kanungu and some parts of Rukungiri. As of 2021, Kiga is spoken natively by about 1.3 million people in Uganda.
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Kiga | |
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Chiga | |
Orukiga | |
Native to | Uganda, Rwanda |
Ethnicity | Bakiga, Twa |
Native speakers | 1.6 million (2002 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cgg |
Glottolog | chig1238 |
JE.14 [2] | |
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Kiga is so similar to Nkore (84%–94% lexical similarity[3]) that some argue they are dialects of the same language, called Nkore-Kiga by Charles Taylor.[4]