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- proper noun a
Bantu language spoken mostly inUganda .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"They are being taught in Luganda, which is the local language, and later on when they get older they will pick up English."
Latest articles - Radio Prague Radio Prague 2010
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Readers last night will have been aware that popular Luganda station CBS was taken off the air last night for allegedly inciting violence and mobilising the rioters.
Global Voices in English » Uganda: Blogs, Twitter Keep World Informed as Kampala Riots Continue 2009
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THOMPKINS: And the other for the kingdom of Buganda in the Luganda language.
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Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Uganda 2009
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Readers last night will have been aware that popular Luganda station CBS was taken off the air last night for allegedly inciting violence and mobilising the rioters.
Uganda: Blogs, Twitter Keep World Informed as Kampala Riots Continue 2009
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Luganda is the local language most commonly spoken in central Uganda, including the capital city Kampala.
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Over the last year, however, several of Uganda's blogren have forayed into the world of local-language blogging via Luglish, a blend of English and Luganda.
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Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Uganda 2008
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She goes on to transcribe the conversations, italicizing the Luganda portions but not translating them.
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The edges of his artwork are gilded with bright blue paint, with the words in the local Luganda language "Zimuwe Azonone" - meaning "give to those who are incompetent and destructive" - in the center.
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