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Luganda

[loo-gan-duh, -gahn-]

noun

  1. a Bantu language of Uganda.



Luganda

/ -ˈɡɑːndə, luːˈɡændə /

noun

  1. the language of the Buganda, spoken chiefly in Uganda, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Before crossing over to Uganda, the four men switched from speaking Swahili and started talking in the Ugandan languages, Luganda and Runyankole.

From BBC

The New York Times reported in May that it had received a set of emails, faxed from a toll-free number, in choppy Luganda, a Bantu language widely spoken in Uganda.

The New York Times reported that the thief wrote their message in Luganda, a Bantu language of Uganda.

He said he was based in Nigeria and his email was written in Luganda, a Bantu language spoken in Uganda.

In this case, the person who took credit for the scheme in emails conceded in a mixture of Luganda and English that he had been outmaneuvered.

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