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Nkore (also called Nkole, Nyankore, Nyankole, Orunyankore, Orunyankole, Runyankore and Runyankole) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nkore ("Banyankore") of south-western Uganda in the former province of Ankole.[4]

See also: Nkore-Kiga language
Nkore
Orunyankore
Native toUganda
RegionAnkole
EthnicityBanyankore
Native speakers
3.4 million (2014 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Standard forms
Dialects
  • Hima
  • Hororo
  • Orutagwenda
Language codes
ISO 639-2nyn
ISO 639-3nyn
Glottolognyan1307
JE.13[2]
GlottopediaRunyankore[3]

Runyankole is mainly spoken in the Mbarara, Bushenyi, Ntungamo, Kiruhura, Ibanda, Isingiro, Rukungiri and parts of Kitagwenda districts.

There is a brief description and teaching guide for this language, written by Charles V. Taylor in the 1950s, and an adequate dictionary in print. Whilst this language is spoken by almost all the Ugandans in the region, most also speak English, especially in the towns. (English is one of Uganda's two official languages, and the language taught in schools.)

Nkore is so similar to Kiga (84–94 percent lexical similarity[5]) that some argue they are dialects of the same language, a language called Nkore-Kiga by Taylor.[4]


Phonology


Runyankore has a five-vowel system:[6]

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a
Consonants
Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate		 voiceless p t t͡ʃ k
voiced b d d͡ʒ g
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ h
voiced v z ʒ
Trill r
Approximant j w

Orthography


D and P are only used in the digraphs ND and MP and in loanwords.

G and K are [d͡ʒ] and [t͡ʃ] before I, [k] and [g] elsewhere.


Basic greetings


The greeting Agandi, implying, "How are you?" but literally meaning "other news!", can be replied with Ni marungi, which literally means "good news!".

The proper greetings are Oraire ota? or Osiibire ota?, literally translated "How was your night?" and "How was your day?". "Good night" is Oraare gye and "Good day" is Osiibe gye.

Here are a few names one might use in a greeting:


Food



Other words and phrases


Oraire ota (orei-rota) Replies: I'm fine Ndaire gye (ndei-re-jeh) or Ndyaho (indi-aho)

Oraire gye? (orei-reh-jeh) Reply: Yes, yourself? Yego, shan’iwe

Osiibire ota (o-see-bee-rota) Replies: Nsiibire gye (insi-bi-reje)

Osiibire gye (Osi birejge) Replies: Yes- Yego (yegg-oh) or nsiibire gye

Waasiiba ota (wasib-wota) Reply: Fine, good, I've spent it well – Naasiiba gye (nasi-baje)

[8][9]


See also



References


  1. Nkore at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Glottopedia article on Nkore language.
  4. Poletto, Robert E. (1998). Topics in Runyankore Phonology (PDF). Linguistics Graduate Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved Dec 8, 2009.[permanent dead link]
  5. Lewis, Paul M., ed. (2009). "Ethnologue Report for Language Code: nyn". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Texas, U.S.: SIL International. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  6. Poletto, Robert E. (1998). "Topics in Runyankore Phonology". Ohio State University. Bell & Howell.
  7. "Nkore language". Omniglot. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. "Kashoboorozi Y' Orunyankore Rukiga Dictionary".
  9. Standard English–Runyankore/Rukiga Dictionary – Mwene Mushanga, Ph.D. Banyankore Cultural Foundation, Mbarara, Uganda, 2004 English to Runyankole Easy Reading Handbook, Vincent Busulwa, 2000 Staff of Bishop Stuart Core Primary Teachers' College, Mbarara, Uganda
Nkore language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

a banyankore are bantu speaking group of people from South western Uganda and they speak Runyankore with (ntu) (aba) like akantu, ekintu, omuntu, abantu. Akantu means thing in prural, ekintu means something big, omuntu means a person, abantu means people same as in Zulu language of South Africa


На других языках

- [en] Nkore language

[fr] Nkore (langue)

Le nkore (ou runyankole, tunyankore) est une langue bantoue parlée par la population nkole (ou nkore), essentiellement dans la région de l'Ankole, au sud-ouest de l'Ouganda. Il a approximativement 3,2 million de locuteurs[1]. Ceux-ci se trouvent surtout dans les districts de Mbarara, Bushenyi Ntungamo, Kiruhura, Ibanda, Isingiro et Rukungiri. Depuis les années 1990, le gouvernement ougandais promeut le kitara, une langue basée sur le nkore et d’autres langues proches (kiga, nyoro, toro).

[ru] Ньянколе

Ньянколе, Нколе, Ньянкоре, Руньянкоре, Оруньянкоре — бантуанский язык Уганды, родной язык народа нколе, второго по численности народа Уганды (после ганда). Ньянколе распространён на юго-западе Уганды между озёрами Эдуард и Виктория, в основном этносубрегион и историческую землю Анколе — на юго-востоке Западной области (округа: Бушеньи, Нтунгамо, Мбарара, Кирухура, Ибанда, Исингиро). Ньянколе близок языку Кига и в некоторых описаниях рассматривается как единый язык Нкоре-Кига.


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