Kiga

language of the Kiga people (Bakiga) in Uganda.
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Kiga

Summary

Kiga is a language[1]. Kiga ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kiga is in the country of Uganda[3].
  • Kiga's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Kiga's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Kiga is a type of Nkore-Kiga[6].
  • Kiga's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Kiga's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rukiga language[8].
  • Kiga's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1580000'}[9].
  • Kiga's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2390000'}[10].
  • Kiga's indigenous to is recorded as Kabale District[11].
  • Kiga's indigenous to is recorded as Kibaale District[12].
  • Kiga's indigenous to is recorded as Kisoro District[13].
  • Kiga's indigenous to is recorded as kamukamua Dalton[14].
  • Kiga's indigenous to is recorded as Rukungiri District[15].
  • Kiga's indigenous to is recorded as Kanungu District[16].
  • Kiga's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CGG[17].
  • Kiga's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 4 Educational[18].

Why It Matters

Kiga ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[2] Kiga has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Kiga is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of Nkore-Kiga
    Ethnologue language status 4 Educational
    Indigenous to Kabale District, Kibaale District, Kisoro District +3
    Topic's main category Category:Rukiga language
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543423305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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