Global InformationRuuli language information
| Ruuli | |
|---|---|
| Luduuli | |
| Native to | Uganda |
| Ethnicity | Baruuli |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2002 census)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ruc |
| Glottolog | ruul1235 |
Guthrie code | JE.103[2] |
Ruuli (also spelled as Ruruuli-Lunyala, Ruli, Luruuri-Lunyara, Ruruli-Lunyara, Ruruli-Runyala, and Luduuli) is the Bantu language spoken by the Baruuli and Banyala people of Uganda primarily in Nakasongola and Kayunga districts. It is closely to the Nyoro language
Ruruuli and Lunyala are two major varieties of the language that have approximately ninety percent mutual intelligibility. The Baruuli and Banyala people are considered to be two separate ethnic groups although both communities have very similar cultural practices, for example with names and the nomenclature systems.[3]
- ^ Ruuli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Namyalo A, Witzlack-Makarevich A, Kiriggwajjo A, Atuhairwe A, Molochieva Z, Mukama RG, Zellers M (2021). A dictionary and grammatical sketch of Ruruuli-Lunyala (pdf). Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5548947. ISBN 978-3-96110-329-4.