Luganda

African language

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Luganda is a Bantu language spoken by the Ganda people. It is one of the major languages of Uganda. The Luganda language has been documented since at least 1889.12

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…number of languages, among them Luganda (the language spoken by the largest tribe in Uganda) and Japanese, also have long and short consonants. In most languages segments followed by voiced consonants are longer than those followed by voiceless consonants. Thus the vowel in cad before the voiced d is much…
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…number of languages, among them Luganda (the language spoken by the largest tribe in Uganda) and Japanese, also have long and short consonants. In most languages segments followed by voiced consonants are longer than those followed by voiceless consonants. Thus the vowel in cad before the voiced d is much…
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