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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The RutaraorRunyakitara languages (endonym: Orutara, Orunyakitara) are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in the African Great Lakes region. They include languages such as Runyoro, Runyankore and Ruhaya. The language group takes its name from the Empire of Kitara.
Classification[edit]
Rutara is divided into two branches, North and South Rutara:
Nkore-Kiga-Nyoro-Tooro
Ruuli (Ruruuli)
Talinga (Kitalinga)
South Rutara
Standardized language[edit]
History[edit]
According to glottochronological calculations, Proto-Rutara emerged in the year 700AD. Proto-Rutara was first spoken in the Kagera RegionofTanzania near Bukoba before spreading northwards into Uganda and the DRC.[2][3][4]
References[edit]
^ Elfasi, M.; Hrbek, Ivan (January 1988). Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century. ISBN 9789231017094.
^ Schoenbrun, David L. (1993). "Cattle herds and banana gardens: The historical geography of the western Great Lakes region,ca AD 800?1500". The African Archaeological Review. 11–11: 39–72. doi:10.1007/BF01118142. S2CID 161913402.
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