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Kiga | Malay | |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Austronesian |
Speakers | Approximately 1.6 million | Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects) |
Features | A Bantu language closely related to Rukiga and Runyankore; known for its noun class system, tonal distinctions, and rich oral tradition. | Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection |
Countries | Uganda (primarily in the Kigezi region, southwestern Uganda) | Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces) |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi) |
Tonal | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses noun class prefixes and concords | No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases |
Derived From | Proto-Bantu | Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Loanwords | From English, Swahili, and Luganda | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese |
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. | Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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