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Kiga | Jawi | |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Arabic script derivative |
Speakers | Approximately 1.6 million | Used by speakers of Malay and related Austronesian languages |
Features | A Bantu language closely related to Rukiga and Runyankore; known for its noun class system, tonal distinctions, and rich oral tradition. | An Arabic script adapted for writing the Malay language and several other languages in Southeast Asia, incorporates additional letters to accommodate phonemes not present in Arabic |
Countries | Uganda (primarily in the Kigezi region, southwestern Uganda) | Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and southern Thailand |
Writing System | Latin script | Extended Arabic script |
Tonal | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses noun class prefixes and concords | No, Malay as written in Jawi follows the grammatical structure of standard Malay |
Derived From | Proto-Bantu | Arabic script, with modifications to represent the sounds of Malay |
Loanwords | From English, Swahili, and Luganda | From Arabic, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Dialects | Kiga is closely related to Runyankore, and the two are sometimes considered dialects of a single language, though they are distinct in pronunciation and vocabulary. | Used across various dialects of Malay and related languages, with local variations in usage and additional letters for regional sounds |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z | ا (‘alif), ب (ba), ت (ta), ث (tha), ج (jim), ح (ha), خ (kha), د (dal), ذ (dhal), ر (ra), ز (zai), س (sin), ش (shin), ص (sad), ض (dad), ط (ta), ظ (dha), ع (‘ain), غ (ghain), ف (fa), ق (qaf), ك (kaf), ل (lam), م (mim), ن (nun), و (wau), ه (ha), ي (ya) |
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