Language Centre Resources - Luganda  Ganda / Luganda  A Niger-
Congo language and a member of the Bantu group of languages,
spoken by c. 3.5 million people mainly in Buganda (south-east
Uganda), between Lake Victoria and Lake Kyogo.  Ganda developed
over centuries as a spoken language. It was not until after the
second half of the 19th century that the language was first
written down and appeared in print. The standard orthography of
Ganda was introduced in 1947. The language is written in the
Roman alphabet, consisting of 24 characters.  Tone in Ganda is
of cardinal phonemic importance, which is probably a general
characteristic of most present-day Bantu languages.  Sometimes
the generic term Ganda is used to refer to the people, their
language and customs.  CLASSIFICATION = Niger-Congo
family    SCRIPT = Roman   Luganda : basic course LUGAN CBEG 2
Yiga Oluganda = Learn Luganda LUGAN CBEG 1(CD-ROM)   The
essentials of Luganda -- 4th ed LUGAN GRAM 1 A Luganda Grammar
LUGAN GRAM 2(PACK)   Luganda-English : phra