North Nyanza languages explained

North Nyanza
Also Known As:	Ganda-Soga
Region:	Uganda
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Volta-Congo
Fam4:	Benue–Congo
Fam5:	Bantoid
Fam6:	Southern Bantoid
Fam7:	Bantu
Fam8:	Northeast Bantu
Fam9:	Great Lakes Bantu
Fam10:	West Nyanza
Protoname:	Proto-North Nyanza^[1] ^[2]
Child1:	Luganda
Child2:	Singa
Child3:	South Kyoga
Glotto:	nort3220
Glottorefname:	North Nyanza

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.^{[3] [4]}

Classification

North Nyanza is divided into three branches, Luganda, South Kyoga and Singa:^[5]

• Ganda
• Singa
• South Kyoga
  • Soga
  • East Kyoga
    • Gwere
    • Syan (extinct?)

Notes and References

1. Book: A Green Place, a Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century. 1998 . 46. Boydell & Brewer, Limited . 978-0-85255-681-8 .
2. Book: Kingship and State: The Buganda Dynasty . 9780521894357 . Wrigley . Christopher . 16 May 2002 . Cambridge University Press .
3. Book: A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900 . 9781107030800 . Stephens . Rhiannon . 2 September 2013 . Cambridge University Press .
4. Book: A Green Place, a Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th Century. 1998 . 46. Boydell & Brewer, Limited . 978-0-85255-681-8 .
5. Book: A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900. 24. 9781107030800. Stephens. Rhiannon. 2 September 2013. Cambridge University Press .