Nyoro language

Person	OmuNyoro
People	AbaNyoro
Language	OruNyoro
Country	BuNyoro

Nyoro
Nyoro
Orunyoro
Native to	Uganda
Region	Bunyoro
Ethnicity	Banyoro
Native speakers	670,000 (2002 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara North Rutara Nyoro–Ganda (E10) Nyoro–Tooro Nyoro; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Standard forms	Runyakitara;
Dialects	Runyoro proper; Rutagwenda;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	nyo
ISO 639-3	nyo
Glottolog	nyor1246
Guthrie code	JE.11

Nyoro or Runyoro (Orunyoro, IPA: [oɾuɲôɾo]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: Runyoro proper and Rutagwenda. A standardized orthography was established in 1947.^[3] It's most closely related to Rutooro.

^ Nyoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ "Nyoro Language Page". 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-09-10. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

[e18-1] Nyoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] "Nyoro Language Page". 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-09-10. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

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Nyoro
Orunyoro
Native to	Uganda
Region	Bunyoro
Ethnicity	Banyoro
Native speakers	670,000 (2002 census)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara North Rutara Nyoro–Ganda (E10) Nyoro–Tooro Nyoro
Standard forms	Runyakitara
Dialects	Runyoro proper Rutagwenda
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`nyo`
ISO 639-3	`nyo`
Glottolog	`nyor1246`
Guthrie code	`JE.11`^[2]

Person	OmuNyoro
People	AbaNyoro
Language	OruNyoro
Country	BuNyoro