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Kiga | NKo | |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Mande |
Speakers | Approximately 1.6 million | Primarily used as a written language for various Mande languages, such as Maninka, Bambara, and Dyula |
Features | A Bantu language closely related to Rukiga and Runyankore; known for its noun class system, tonal distinctions, and rich oral tradition. | A unifying script for Mande languages, written from right to left; designed to provide a standardized orthography for languages in the Mande family |
Countries | Uganda (primarily in the Kigezi region, southwestern Uganda) | Guinea, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and neighboring West African countries |
Writing System | Latin script | N’Ko script |
Tonal | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning | Yes, tones are marked with diacritical marks |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses noun class prefixes and concords | No, uses word order and particles instead |
Derived From | Proto-Bantu | |
Loanwords | From English, Swahili, and Luganda | Varies by Mande language, often from Arabic and French |
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 to transcribe multiple Mande languages, so there are no inherent dialects within N’Ko itself |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z | ߊ, ߋ, ߌ, ߍ, ߎ, ߏ, ߐ, ߑ, ߒ, ߓ, ߔ, ߕ, ߖ, ߗ, ߘ, ߙ, ߚ, ߛ, ߜ, ߝ, ߞ, ߟ, ߠ, ߡ, ߢ, ߣ, ߤ, ߥ, ߦ |
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