| North Nyanza | |
|---|---|
| Ganda-Soga | |
| Geographic distribution | Uganda |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Proto-language | Proto-North Nyanza |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | nort3220 |
The North Nyanza languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Central and eastern Uganda.
History
The Proto-North Nyanza homeland was in the northwestern shores of Lake Victoria (Modern Buganda) in the year 500AD. By 1100AD, the descendants of these people were speaking two different languages that had developed out of proto-North Nyanza: early (or pre-) Luganda and proto-South Kyoga. Early Luganda was spoken by those who remained in the original North-Nyanza homeland (the coasts of Buganda) and to the south, west, and north of it. Proto-South Kyoga was developed by those who migrated east across the Nile. By 1500AD, Proto-South Kyoga split into early Lusoga and proto-East Kyoga. Early Lusoga spread across the region between the Nile and Mpologoma Rivers and Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga.
Classification
North Nyanza is divided into two branches, Luganda and South Kyoga according to Rhiannon Stephens (Singa remains unclassified):
References
- A Green Place, a Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century. Boydell & Brewer, Limited. 1998. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-85255-681-8.
- Wrigley, Christopher (16 May 2002). Kingship and State: The Buganda Dynasty. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521894357.
- Stephens, Rhiannon (2 September 2013). A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9781107030800.
- A Green Place, a Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century. Boydell & Brewer, Limited. 1998. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-85255-681-8.
- A History of Motherhood, Food Procurement and Pollitics in East-Central Uganda to the Nineteenth Century. p. 30-58, 239-255.
- Stephens, Rhiannon (2 September 2013). A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9781107030800.