• Source: Nyoro-Tooro language

    • Nyoro-Tooro is a language spoken by around 1,200,000 people living in western Uganda. It is often defined as two separate languages: Nyoro and Tooro, though it is defined as one language by the Ministry of Education in Uganda.: 143–144  It is closely related to Runyankore-Rukiga.


    Orthography




    Comparison of Nyoro and Tooro


    Nyoro and Tooro are very similar in many aspects, but differ in several ways as well.


    = Tone

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    Both languages are tonal languages where high and low tones (or H and L) are the essential tones. However, Nyoro has both lexical and grammatical tone, whereas Tooro only has grammatical tone. This means that some homophones in Tooro are differentiated in Nyoro.


    = Word formation

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    There are many instances where the two languages have slightly different words. These minor variations include different consonants, vowels or vowel lengths.


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