Languages of Uganda
In Uganda there are forty spoken languages grouped in three main families: Bantu, Nilotic and Central Sudanic. There are also two languages that belong to the Kuliak family. However the official languages are English, inherited from the colonial period, and Swahili, which is regionally important. Evidently Uganda is a multilingual country. There is also an Ugandan Sign Language.
Institutional
National
Educational
Dispersed
Developing
Vigorous
Threatened
Nearly Extinct
English [OFFICIAL]
Swahili [OFFICIAL]
Ganda (4,1 million)
Chiga (1,6 million)
Nyankore (2,3 million)
Fumbira (449,000)
Acholi (1,1 million)
Adhola (360.000)
Alur (617,000)
Aringa (300,000)
Gungu (49,000)
Gwere (409,000)
Kakwa (130,000)
Konzo (609,000)
Kupsapiiny (181,000)
Lango (1,5 million)
Lugbara (797,000)
Ma'di (296,000)
Masaaba (1,1 million)
Ndo (33,800)
Ndrulo (11,100)
Ng'akarimojong (736,000)
Nyole (341,000)
Nyoro (667,000)
Pökoot (70,400)
Saamia (355,000)
Soga (2,1 million)
Talinga-Bwisi (68,500)
Teso (1,5 million)
Tooro (488,000)
Ugandan Sign Language*
Bari (60,000)
Ik (7,500)
Kenye (62,000)
Kumam (174,000)
Ma'di (Southern) (60,000)
Nubi (26,100)
Amba (35,600)
Ruuli (160,000)
Nyang'i (20)
Soo (50)
source: ethnologue