Ugandan English

Ugandan English
Ugandan English
Kiingereza cha Uganda
Region	Uganda
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English British English & African English Ugandan English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Old English Middle English Early Modern English 19th century British English ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet); Unified English Braille
Official status
Official language in	Uganda
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	sout3331
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Ugandan English, also colloquially referred to as Uglish (/ˈjuːɡlɪʃ/ YOO-glish), is the variety of English spoken in Uganda.^[1]^[2] Aside from Uglish (first recorded in 2012), other colloquial portmanteau words are Uganglish (recorded from 2006) and Ugandlish (2010).^[3]^[4]

^ "The joys of Ugandan English". 18 April 2011.
^ "Ugandan English at its best – kawa, oba what? – Kampala, Uganda Travel Blog". Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
^ Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of 'lishes': The nomenclature of hybridity. English World-wide, 39(1): 31. DOI: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam
^ "Do you speak Uglish? How English has evolved in Uganda". The Guardian. 22 December 2014.

[1] "The joys of Ugandan English". 18 April 2011.

[2] "Ugandan English at its best – kawa, oba what? – Kampala, Uganda Travel Blog". Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

[3] Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of 'lishes': The nomenclature of hybridity. English World-wide, 39(1): 31. DOI: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam

[4] "Do you speak Uglish? How English has evolved in Uganda". The Guardian. 22 December 2014.

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