 Long vowels in Luganda are very long, more than twice the length of a short vowel.A vowel before a prenasalised consonant, as in "Bugáńda" 'Buganda' is also lengthened, although it is not as long as a long vowel; laboratory measurements show that the vowel + nasal takes the same length of time to say as a long vowel.Before a geminate, all vowels are short.