Soga (Lusoga)

Soga is a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Busoga region of southern Uganda by about 2.2 million people. The speakers are known as Basoga, and the language is closely related to Luganda and Gwere.

Soga was first written during the 19th century. More recently the Lusoga Language Authority (LULA) has worked to standardise written Soga, and has published a number of books, including grammar books, dictionaries, books of stories, and so on. Soga is currently taught in some schools and universties in the Busoga region.

Soga alphabet and pronunciation

Note

C, J and R are used mainly on foreign loanwords.

Information provided by Michael Peter Füstumum and based on http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/6316/1/Lusoga_final.pdf

Information about Soga | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about the Soga language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soga_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/xog
http://www.academia.edu/1816700/Lusoga_Language_Handbook
http://www.jinja.eu/dictionary

Soga lessons
http://www.ugandavillageproject.org/where-we-work/learn-lusoga/

Bantu languages

Bemba, Bulu, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Digo, Duala, Ewondo, Fang, Ganda/Luganda, Gwere, Herero, Ikizu, Jita, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kisi, Kongo, Konjo, Lingala, Loma, Lozi, Makonde, Mandekan, Maore, Mende, Mushungulu, Mwani, Nkore, Northern Ndebele (South Africa), Northern Ndebele (Zimbabwe), Northern Sotho, Nyole, OshiWambo, Ronga, Sena, Shona, Soga, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Swahili, Swati, Tofa, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zigula, Zinza, Zulu

Other languages written with the Latin alphabet

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