lingvoj.orgLinked Languages ResourcesA contribution to the Web of Databy Bernard Vatant, Mondeca |
ChigaRukiga |
cggSearch languages |
Complete list of languages | This page in other languages : [fr] |
Kiga (also called Rukiga, Ruchiga, or Chiga) is the native language of the people of Kiga people (Bakiga). Kiga is a very
similar language to the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of the nineteenth century. Kiga is so similar
to Nkore (84%–94% lexical similarity) that some argue they are dialects of the same language, called Nkore-Kiga by Charles
Taylor. In common with other Bantu languages, Kiga has a noun class system in which prefixes on nouns mark membership of one
of the noun genders. Pronouns, adjectives, and verbs reflect the noun gender of the nominal they refer to. Some examples of
noun classes: mu – person (singular), e.g. omukiga = inhabitant of Kigezi land ru – language, e.g. Rukiga = language of the
Kiga ba – people, e.g. Bakiga = The Kiga people ki – customs or traditions, e.g. kikiga, (sometimes spelled Kichiga), describes
religious tradition common to the Kiga people. Sometimes the people are called 'Chiga' by people not understanding the linguistic
rules in relation to the prefixes. The sound [l] is not distinctive in Rukiga. The letter r is used instead. |
Names (more)[ar] تشيغا[ca] chiga [cs] kiga [da] chiga [el] Τσίγκα [en] Chiga [et] chiga [fi] kiga [fr] kiga [he] צ'יגה [hr] chiga [hu] kiga [id] Kiga [is] sjíga [it] chiga [ja] キガ語 [ko] 치가어 [lo] ຊີກາ [lv] kiga [lt] čigų [mk] чига [nl] Chiga [nb] kiga [pl] Język chiga [pt] Língua rukiga [ro] chiga [ru] чига [sk] čiga [es] chiga [sw] Kichiga [sv] chiga [th] คีกา [tr] Chiga [uk] кіга [vi] Tiếng Chiga |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
This page is providing structured data for the language Chiga. |
ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : cggLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cgghttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:cgg More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: cggFreebase ISO 639-3 : cgg GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |