Native to Uganda ISO 639-3 ttj | Standard forms Kitara Glottolog toor1238 | |
Native speakers (490,000 cited 1991 census) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Nyoro–Ganda
Tooro | ||
Tooro, or Rutooro, is a Bantu language spoken mainly by the Toro people (Batooro) from the Toro Kingdom region of western Uganda. There are three main areas where Rutooro as a language is mainly used and they are Kabarole District, Kyenjojo District and Kyegegwa District.
References
Tooro language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA