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Luganda

(luːˈɡændə; -ˈɡɑːndə)
n
(Languages) the language of the Buganda, spoken chiefly in Uganda, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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Lu•gan•da

(luˈgæn də, -ˈgɑn-)

n.
the Bantu language of the Ganda.
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Noun1.LuGanda - the Bantu language of the Buganda people; spoken in Uganda
Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
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In 1947, scientists researching yellow fever placed a rhesus macaque in a cage in the Zika Forest (zika meaning "overgrown" in the Luganda language), near the East African Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda.
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Whiteley (1969: 69-70) and Ssekamwa (2000: 134) stress that the two major reasons for opposing Kiswahili include: (i) associating the Kiswahili language with Islamic religion whose followers, mainly the Arabs, promoted slavery activities which were regarded as unreligious and inhuman by, mainly, the Christian missionaries; and (ii) that unlike Luganda language, Kiswahili was unattached to any ethnic group in Uganda (Whiteley, 1969: 70; Massamba, 2007: 98, 2015: 264; Msanjila, 2011: 4).
The Ssenteza Kajubi Legacy: The Promotion of Teaching Kiswahili in Uganda
Their community's name means "People of Judah" in the Luganda language. They do not claim descent from ancient Jewish tribes; instead the community began something of a spiritual journey towards Judaism in the early twentieth century.
'Jews of Uganda' Get Official Recognition for Aliyah
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