Publications

Publication details [#41436]

Bernsten, Jan. 1998. Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 19 (2) : 93–107.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and society | language for special purposes | political system

Language as a subject

Runyakitara

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article discusses the construction of Runyakitara, a language based on a combination of the western Uganda lacustrine languages of Runyankore, Runyoro, Rutoro and Rukiga, in the context of the current Ugandan political situation.