Luganda
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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 • Dec. 1, 2024
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024
He became what’s known as a video jockey after college, offering lively commentary and translating WWE matches into the local Luganda language for fellow viewers.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
A group of children call out “mzungu” — “foreigner” in the Luganda language — from the shade of a mango tree as Elder Lee leaps over a crevice.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2012
Thus in Luganda senyua is the verbal root for "to pardon."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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