Kiga language
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Kiga language
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Kiga is a Great Lakes Bantu language of the Kiga people (Bakiga). Kiga is a similar and partially mutually intelligible with the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of the 19th century.
Kiga is largely spoken in the ancient Kigezi region which includes about 5 districts, namely Rubanda, Rukiga, Kabale, Kanungu and some parts of Rukungiri.
As of 2021, Kiga is spoken natively by about 1.3 million people in Uganda. Kiga is so similar to Nkore that some argue they are dialects of
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Language of the Kiga people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiga_language
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2024-03-03T08:11:30Z
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