Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Languages in Uganda

 By Sara:

English is the official language in Uganda, but there are around 40 other languages spoken. 

Whenever we travel somewhere, we usually have a translator to translate into the local language, for the people who don't know English well or who have trouble understanding our American accents!  Here is translation from English into Lango in the district of Apac:

Even Ugandans need a translator when they travel to a place where they don't know the local language (which is most of the country, unless they are extremely multilingual).  Here, Stephen is getting help with translation into the Ik language, in the Karamoja region.

Jane can understand Lango, but she doesn't speak it well, so she also needed a translator in Aduku:


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