Nyoro language

Person	OmuNyoro
People	AbaNyoro
Language	OruNyoro
Country	BuNyoro

Nyoro
Nyoro
Orunyoro
Native to	Uganda
Region	Bunyoro
Ethnicity	Banyoro
Native speakers	670,000 (2002 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara North Rutara Nkore-Kiga–Nyoro-Tooro Nyoro; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Standard forms	Runyakitara;
Dialects	Runyoro proper; Rutagwenda;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	nyo
ISO 639-3	nyo
Glottolog	nyor1246
Guthrie code	JE.11

Nyoro or Runyoro (Orunyoro, IPA: [oɾuɲôɾo]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: Runyoro proper and Rutagwenda. A standardized orthography was established in 1947.^[3] It's most closely related to Rutooro.

^ Nyoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ "Nyoro Language Page". 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-09-10. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

[e18-1] Nyoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] "Nyoro Language Page". 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-09-10. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

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Nyoro
Orunyoro
Native to	Uganda
Region	Bunyoro
Ethnicity	Banyoro
Native speakers	670,000 (2002 census)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara North Rutara Nkore-Kiga–Nyoro-Tooro Nyoro
Standard forms	Runyakitara
Dialects	Runyoro proper Rutagwenda
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`nyo`
ISO 639-3	`nyo`
Glottolog	`nyor1246`
Guthrie code	`JE.11`^[2]

Person	OmuNyoro
People	AbaNyoro
Language	OruNyoro
Country	BuNyoro

Nyoro language

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