Luganda
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- noun
- He says "pease" and "shamp pyou" when we prompt him, which is extra amazing since please and thank you don't exist in the Luganda language.
Examples
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During her visit to Uganda, she was eager to practice speaking Luganda with the locals.
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The face-to-face interviews were conducted by three research assistants who were fluent in English and Luganda, the language spoken by most residents.
Academic text (2010) -
But he was strapped: he had two more hours to put in on Luganda, and she was better than he at these things that had to do with people.
Fiction book (1996) -
This was a village woman's shoulder. Anna learned her Luganda sitting on mats and talking with village women and cocking her head at babies.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many children in Uganda learn Luganda as their first language at home.
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He translated the document from English to Luganda to help the community members understand it better.
Synonyms
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A language spoken by the Baganda people in central Uganda
Surface Forms
Etymology
Luganda comes from the name of the Ganda people, and the Lu- part is a common Bantu way to show 'language of', so Luganda means 'language of the Ganda' and is spoken in central Uganda.