Nkole people
Nkole people are a Bantu ethnic group of East Africa. They primarily inhabit Ankole. They are closely related to other Bantu peoples of the region, namely the Nyoro, Kiga and the Hema peoples. Their population is 4,187,445(9.8% of Uganda).
Names
There are several names they are referred to as. These include the following ones: Ankole, Ankori, Banyankole, Banyankore, Nkoles, Nkore, Nyankole, Nyankore, Ouanyankori, Runyankole, Runyankore, Uluyankole, Uluyankore.[1]
Language
The Nkole speak Nkore, a Great Lakes Bantu language. There were an estimated 2.3 million native speakers in 2002.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Source LCSH, BnF [1]
- ^ Nkole people at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Other sources
- John Roscoe, The Banyankole: the second part of the report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1923, 176 p.
External links
- (in French) « Nkole (peuple d'Afrique) » (notice LCSH, BnF)
