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Tooro
Rutooro
Native toUganda
RegionTooro Kingdom
Native speakers
(490,000 cited 1991 census)[1]
Standard forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3ttj
Glottologtoor1238
JE.12[2]

Tooro, or Rutooro, is a Bantu language spoken mainly by the Toro people (Batooro) from the Toro Kingdom region of western Uganda. There are three main areas where Rutooro as a language is mainly used and they are Kabarole District, Kyenjojo District and Kyegegwa District. It is very close to Runyoro.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tooro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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