Luganda

Bantu language of Uganda
Intangible natural_language Q33368
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Luganda

Summary

Luganda is a natural language[1]. Luganda draws 1,397 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #150 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Luganda is in the country of Uganda[3].
  • Luganda's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Luganda's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Luganda is a type of North Nyanza[6].
  • Luganda's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Luganda's Wikimedia language code is recorded as lg[8].
  • Luganda's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 0.5, 'lon': 32.3}[9].
  • Luganda's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Luganda language[10].
  • Luganda's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4100000'}[11].
  • Luganda's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1000000'}[12].
  • Luganda's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lg', 'text': 'Luganda'}[13].
  • Luganda's indigenous to is recorded as Baganda[14].
  • Luganda's indigenous to is recorded as Buganda[15].
  • Luganda's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LUG[16].
  • Luganda's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[17].
  • Luganda's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[18].
  • Luganda's linguistic typology is recorded as tonal language[19].
  • Luganda's linguistic typology is recorded as agglutinative language[20].
  • Luganda's linguistic typology is recorded as nominative–accusative language[21].
  • Luganda's category for films in this language is recorded as Q101101654[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Luganda is a type of North Nyanza[6].

Why It Matters

Luganda draws 1,397 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #150 of 734).[2] Luganda has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Luganda is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → zuWZ4
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  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 0.5, 'lon': 32.3}
    Category for films in this language → Q101101654
    Country → —
    Subclass of → North Nyanza
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 37889, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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