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Luganda is the most widely spoken language in Uganda. We started modernising Luganda in 2013.
Luganda is used between many people across the world.
Writing Conventions
Modern Luganda is the spelling system used by kasahorow for Luganda literacy. There are no diacritics used in Modern Luganda. Instead, high pitch tones are indicated by the extra letter 'h' after the vowel. Low pitch tones are indicated by the extra letter 'w' after the vowel.
For example:
kabaka - /kabaka/ [king]
kahbaka - /kábaka/ [the little one catches]
kasahorow uses Modern Luganda. Modern Luganda is a simpler spelling system for writing all the Luganda languages. Most notably, Modern Luganda uses spaces to separate words belonging to different parts of speech. This makes it easier to read for new language learners. Here are the word categories used in the Modern Luganda Dictionary and WOAKA: The kasahorow Dictionary.
nom.1
Most Luganda nouns belong to this category. For example, mukwano.
nom.2
The Luganda nouns belong in this category form their plurals by adding "ba-" as a prefix. For example, motoka (singular) becomes "bamotoka" (plural).
act.1
Most Luganda verbs belong to this category. For example, yoza.
Improve kasahorow Luganda
If you are aware of other word categories for Luganda, please notify us at help@kasahorow.org.
Application of kasahorow Luganda
Luganda word therapy is available on kasahorow.com.