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. It's most closely related to Rutooro .
5-695: The Nyoro language acquired Central Sudanic loanwowrds from the Ma'di language in the 13-15th centuries during the Bachwezi era, when the early expanding Banyoro community absorbed Madi people who's previous territory used to extend south of the Nile into what is now northern Bunyoro. Runyoro burrowed the Madi words for bellows , the Ostrich, Sugarcane and Donkey. The Nyoro language later received Nilotic loanwords from
10-578: Is sparsely documented and its placement in the western branch is "provisional". Starostin (2016) finds support for Eastern Central Sudanic ( Lendu , Mangbetu , Lugbara , etc., concentrated in the northeast corner of DR Congo) but not for the western division, which would include Bongo–Bagirmi and Kresh scattered across Chad, the CAR, and South Sudan. Mangbetu (2–3) Mangbutu–Lese (5) Lendu (2–3) Moru–Madi (10) Bongo–Bagirmi (40 languages) Birri (1) Kresh (2) Starostin (2011) notes that
15-681: The Luo languages after the migration of the Babiito into Bunyoro This Bantu language -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Sudanic languages Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic , Chad , Sudan , South Sudan , Uganda , Congo (DRC) , Nigeria and Cameroon . They include
20-634: The pygmy languages Efé and Asoa . Blench (2011) suggests that Central Sudanic influenced the development of the noun-class system characteristic of the Atlantic–Congo languages . Half a dozen groups of Central Sudanic languages are generally accepted as valid. They are customarily divided into East and West branches. Blench cites the following classification: Mangbutu–Lese (5) Mangbetu–Asua (2–3) Lendu–Ngiti (2–3) Moru–Madi (10) Birri (1) Bongo–Bagirmi (40 languages) Kresh (2) ? Sinyar – Formona Sinyar–Formona
25-470: The poorly attested language Mimi of Decorse is suggestive of Central Sudanic, though he provisionally treats it as an isolate. Boyeldieu (2010) states that the inclusion of Kresh has yet to be demonstrated, but Starostin (2016) finds good support, with Birri being its closest relative. Lionel Bender (1992) classifies the Central Sudanic languages as follows, with Central Sudanic bifurcating into
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