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{{short description|Artificial standard language}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name = Kitara
| name = Kitara
|nativename = ''Runyakitara''
| nativename = {{lang|art-UG|Orunyakitara}}
|created = early 1990s
| created = early 1990s
|creator = [[Uganda]]
| creator = [[Uganda]]
|speakers = Written language taught at university. 5 million speakers of the source languages
| speakers = Written language taught at university. {{sigfig|3.433000|1}} million speakers of the source languages
|date = 2002
| date = 2002
|ref = <ref>{{e18}}</ref>
| ref = <ref name=e25/>
|family = [[standard language]]
| family = [[standard language]]
|posteriori = [[Kiga language|Kiga]], [[Nkore language|Nkore]], [[Nyoro language|Nyoro]], & [[Tooro language|Tooro]]
| posteriori = [[Kiga language|Kiga]], [[Nkore language|Nkore]], [[Nyoro language|Nyoro]], & [[Tooro language|Tooro]]
|glotto=none
| glotto = none
|guthrie = JE.10A
| guthrie = JE.10A
| familycolor =
}}
}}


The '''Kitara language''', commonly known as '''''Runyakitara''''', is an artificial<ref name="Guthrie"/> [[standard language]] based on four closely related languages of western [[Uganda]]:
'''Runyakitara<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bernsten|first=Jan |date=1998-03-01 |title=Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language |journal=Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=93–107 |doi=10.1080/01434639808666345 |issn=0143-4632}}</ref>''' is a [[standard language|standardized language]] based on four closely related languages of western [[Uganda]]:

*[[Nyoro language|Nyoro or ''Runyoro'']]
*[[Nyoro language|Nyoro or ''Runyoro'']]
*[[Kiga language|Kiga (Chiga) or ''Rukiga'']]
*[[Kiga language|Kiga (Chiga) or ''Rukiga'']]
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*[[Tooro language|Tooro or ''Rutooro'']]
*[[Tooro language|Tooro or ''Rutooro'']]


Jouni Filip Maho's 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online calls it an [[artificial language]],<ref name="Guthrie" /> while ''[[Ethnologue]]'' calls it "standardized" and "hybrid".<ref name=e25>{{e25|nyn|Nyankore}}</ref>
The Google interface has been translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University.

The Google interface was translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. It is also used in the ''Orumuri'' newspaper, published by [[New Vision Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orumuri (@Orumuri) {{!}} Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/orumuri|last=|first=|date=|website=twitter.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Nyoro language|Nyoro]]-[[Rutooro|Tooro]]
*[[Nkore-Kiga]]
*[[Nkore-Kiga]]
*[[Ngangela language]]
*[[Rutara languages]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

*Bernsten, Jan. 1998. "Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language." ''Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development'' 19(2): 93-107. ([http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0093/jmmd0190093.pdf online version])
==Relevant Literature==
*[[James R Tumusiime|Tumusiime, James]]. 2007. ''Entanda y'omugambi w'Orunyankore-Rukiga.'' Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers. [a collection of proverbs, entire book is written in the language, with no English]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Runyakitara PanAfrican L10n page on Runyakitara]
*[http://www.bisharat.net/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Runyakitara PanAfrican L10n page on Runyakitara]


{{Languages of Uganda}}
{{Languages of Uganda}}
{{Constructed languages}}


[[Category:Languages of Uganda]]
[[Category:Languages of Uganda]]
[[Category:Nyoro-Ganda languages|*]]
[[Category:Nyoro-Ganda languages|*]]
[[Category:Constructed languages]]
[[Category:Constructed languages introduced in the 1990s]]
[[Category:Zonal auxiliary languages]]




Revision as of 05:55, 2 July 2024

Kitara
Orunyakitara
Created byUganda
Dateearly 1990s
UsersWritten language taught at university. 3 million speakers of the source languages (2002)[1]
Purpose
SourcesKiga, Nkore, Nyoro, & Tooro
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
JE.10A[2]

Runyakitara[3] is a standardized language based on four closely related languages of western Uganda:

Jouni Filip Maho's 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online calls it an artificial language,[2] while Ethnologue calls it "standardized" and "hybrid".[1]

The Google interface was translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. It is also used in the Orumuri newspaper, published by New Vision Group.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Nyankore at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Bernsten, Jan (1998-03-01). "Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 19 (2): 93–107. doi:10.1080/01434639808666345. ISSN 0143-4632.
  4. ^ "Orumuri (@Orumuri) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.

Relevant Literature

  • Tumusiime, James. 2007. Entanda y'omugambi w'Orunyankore-Rukiga. Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers. [a collection of proverbs, entire book is written in the language, with no English]


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