Gungu (Lugungu)

Gungu is a Northeast Bantu language spoken by about 49,000 people on the shores of Lake Albert mainly in the Buliisa District in north of the Western Region in the northwest of Uganda, and also in the nearby Masindi and Hoima districts.

Gungu is also known as Rugungu, and Gungu speakers call their language Lugungu and themselves Bagungu. It is written with the Latin alphabet.gung

Latin alphabet for Gungu

Latin alphabet for Gungu

Download an alphabet chart for Gungu (Excel)

Notes

Sample text

Mu̱kwi̱za kwagya bintu binene hoi̱ ku lutimbe lulu. Byakwega kuraba mu mi̱li̱ngo mikwahukana nka, Ntontogoli̱ gya Lugungu, kitabbu kikuhab̯ura bantu kusoma na kuhandiika Lugungu,nyuguta na ngeera za Lugungu, byembu bya di̱i̱ni̱ mu Lugungu, Mizaanu, bitabbu bya bihanuuro binene hoi̱, bitabbu bikubaza ku nzicala gyetu̱ Bagungu kukira maani mu b̯usumi wa kadei, bitabbu bya mu Bbai̱bbu̱li̱ nka; Yona, Lu̱u̱ka; bbaruha musanju za Pau̱lo na bindi binene hoi̱.

Source: https://www.lugungu.com/rub/kwamu̱gi̱

Translation

You are most welcome to the Lugungu web page, to read Lugungu language and see various things. On this web you will be able to access many things that will interest you, such as our Dictionary, orthography guide, Music, Drammer, stories about the lives of Bagungu and very many things.

Source: https://www.lugungu.com/en/home-page

Videos in Gungu

Information about Gungu | Numbers

Links

Information about Gungu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gungu_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gungu_people
https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/gungu.html
http://www.language-archives.org/language/rub
https://www.webonary.org/lugungu/about/introduction/
https://uganda.sil.org/language_development/language_programmes/lugungu
https://www.lugungu.com/en/home-page

Bantu languages

Aka, Aushi, Bafaw-Balong, Bangi, Bangubangu, Basaa, Bemba, Bembe, Bena, Benga, Bhaca, Bila, Bube, Budu, Bujeba, Bukusu, Bulu, Bushong, Central Kilimanjaro, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Chopi, Chuwabu, Comorian, Dciriku, Digo, Duala, Eton, Ewondo, Fang, Fuliiru, Fwe, Ganda/Luganda, Giryama, Gogo, Gungu, Gusii, Gwere, Gyele, Ha, Haya, Hehe, Herero, Ibinda, Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki, Ikizu, Ikoma, Jita, Kabwa, Kako, Kalanga, Kamba, Kanyok, Kgalagadi, Kiga, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kisi, Kobo, Kogo, Komo, Kongo, Konjo, Koti, Kuhane, Kukuya, Kunda, Kuria, Kwambi, Kwangali, Kwasio, Lambya, Lega, Lengola, Lingala, Loma, Lomwe, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luchazi, Lunda, Luvale, Luyana, Makaa, Makonde, Makhuwa, Mandekan, Maore, Masaaba, Mbama, Mbere, Mbosi, Mbugu, Mbukushu, Mbunda, Mbuun, Mende, Mongo, Mpiemo, Mushungulu, Mwani, Myene, Nambya, Nande, Ndau, Ndonga, Ngoni, Ngwii, Njebi, Nkore, North Teke, Northern Ndebele (South Africa), Northern Ndebele (Zimbabwe), Northern Sotho, Nyamwezi, Nyakyusa, Nyemba, Nyole, Nyoro, Nyungwe, Nzadi, Oroko, OshiWambo, Pagibete, Pare, Phuthi, Punu, Rangi, Ronga, Safwa, Seki, Sena, Sengele, Shambala, Shona, Soga, Songe, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Suba, Sukuma, Swahili, Swati, Taita, Talinga, Tanga, Tembo, Tetela, Tonga, Tongwe, Tooro, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswa, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turu, Umbundu, Venda, Vili, Vwanji, Wanzi, West Teke, Xhosa, Yakam, Yansi, Yao, Yasa, Yeyi, Zigula, Zinza, Zulu

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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