The Kitara language, commonly known as Runyakitara, is a recent standardized form

Standard language

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 (dating to the early 1990s) of four linguistically closely related languages of western Uganda

Uganda

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• Nyoro or Runyoro
  Nyoro language
  The Nyoro language is a local language of the Nyoro people of Uganda. It belongs to the Niger–Congo family, Benue–Congo subgroup, Bantu branch . Its Ethnologue code is NYR, ISO 639-2: nyo. It probably has two dialects: Orunyoro and Rutagwenda. A standardized orthography was established in 1947....
  
  
• Kiga (Chiga) or Rukiga
• Nkore or Runyankole
• Tooro or Rutooro

It might be considered a koine

Koine language

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of the abovementioned tongues.

See also

• Nkore-Kiga

The Google interface has been translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. This project was coordinated by Ms. Florence Tushabe together with a team of 15 others.

External links

• PanAfrican L10n page on Runyakitara