Lugwere
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Gwere, or Lugwere, is the language spoken by the Gwere people (Bagwere), a Bantu people found in the eastern part of Uganda
. It has a close dialectical resemblance to Soga and Ganda, which neighbhour the Gwere.
Gwere, though closest in dialect to its eastern neighbhours, also has many words similar to those used by tribes from the western part of Uganda.
For example musaiza (a man) resembles mushiiza used by the western languages with the same meaning.
The Ruli, a somewhat distant people living in central Uganda, speak a language that has almost exactly the same words used in Lugwere, but with a very different pronunciation.
Gwere, or Lugwere, is the language spoken by the Gwere people (Bagwere), a Bantu people found in the eastern part of Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. It has a close dialectical resemblance to Soga and Ganda, which neighbhour the Gwere.
Gwere, though closest in dialect to its eastern neighbhours, also has many words similar to those used by tribes from the western part of Uganda.
For example musaiza (a man) resembles mushiiza used by the western languages with the same meaning.
The Ruli, a somewhat distant people living in central Uganda, speak a language that has almost exactly the same words used in Lugwere, but with a very different pronunciation.