Rukiga language

Kiga
Chiga
Rukiga
Native to	Uganda, Rwanda
Ethnicity	Kiga, Twa
Native speakers	1.6 million (2002 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Nyoro–Ganda Kiga
Standard forms	Kitara
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	chig1238
Guthrie code	JE.14
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Kiga (also called Rukiga, Ruchiga, or Chiga) is the native language of the Kiga people (Bakiga). Kiga is a very similar language to the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of the 19th century.

Kiga is so similar to Nkore (84%–94% lexical similarity) that some argue they are dialects of the same language, called Nkore-Kiga by Charles Taylor.

In common with other Bantu languages, Kiga has a noun class system in which prefixes on nouns mark membership of one of the noun genders. Pronouns, adjectives, and verbs reflect the noun gender of the nominal they refer to. Some examples of noun classes:

The sound [l] is not distinctive in Rukiga. The letter "r" is used instead.

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