Rutara languages

Rutara
Rutara
Runyakitara ; Nyoroan
Ethnicity	Rutara people
Geographic; distribution	Uganda, Tanzania, the DRC and Rwanda
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Rutara
Glottolog	ruta1242

The Rutara or Runyakitara languages (endonym: Orutara, Orunyakitara) are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in the African Great Lakes region. They include languages such as Runyoro, Runyankore and Ruhaya. The language group takes its name from the Empire of Kitara.

^ Muzale, Henry R. T. (1998). "A Reconstruction of the Proto-Rutara Tense/Aspect System".

[1] Muzale, Henry R. T. (1998). "A Reconstruction of the Proto-Rutara Tense/Aspect System".

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Rutara
Runyakitara Nyoroan
Ethnicity	Rutara people
Geographic distribution	Uganda, Tanzania, the DRC and Rwanda
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza Rutara
Proto-language	Proto-Rutara^[1]
Glottolog	`ruta1242`