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+layout: post
+title: "Rukiga: An African Language"
+subtitle: "A tiny dictionary and introduction to Rukiga"
+date: 2022-09-06 00:00:00
+permalink: rukiga-african-language/
+categories: travel, language
+author: Mahdi
+---
+
+During my trip to Southern Uganda I interacted with people who mainly spoke a local language called Rukiga. They said there is no dictionary for their language as of yet (although it is apparently being worked on), so I just kept asking them to teach me words and phrases and their grammar bit by bit. So here I’m sharing what I learned from my friends here in Uganda with you. Thanks to Tabitha and Tutamuzongoza and Jovan Tumwijukye specially who taught me and my friend a lot of these words and they spent time correcting the writing and pronunciation.
+
+# Pronunciation
+The “r” letter is sometimes read with a sound that is in-between L and R (get phonetic annotation for these)
+The “k” letter is sometimes read with a ch sound (need phonetic)
+Pronunciations may vary depending on the region. As an example, in one area we were told Musana means sun, but in another region we were told it’s pronounced as Mushana.
+
+# A tiny dictionary of words
+Rukiga	English
+Webare	Thank you (single person)
+Webare kusiuma	Response to webare
+Mwebare	Thank you (multiple people)
+Engaji	Gorilla 🦍 
+Kengaji	Junior gorilla (used after Akana)
+Akana	Baby
+Agandi	How are you (used as greeting)
+Nigye	Good (response to Agandi)
+Kache	Small
+Munonga	A lot
+Kihango	Big
+Byinji	Many of something
+Ruhanga wangye	My Lord
+Eshaha	Time
+Olaleje	Good night (single person)
+Mulaleje	Good night (many people)
+Olileje	Good morning (single person)
+Mulileje 	Good morning (multiple person)
+Kunaaba	Take shower
+Twena	All of us
+Embwa	Dog
+Ahamuheru	End
+Hamwe	And
+Enyonyi 	Bird, airplane
+Ekinyonyi	Bird
+Omunywani	Friend
+Omwojo omunywani	Boyfriend
+Omuhara	Girl
+Omwojo	Boy
+Omusheija	Man
+Ego	Yes
+Wapi	No
+Omujinya 	Jealous person
+Omukundwa	Sweetheart 
+Embuzi	Goat
+Echiroto	Dream
+Nyine enjara	I’m hungry
+Ndu hire	I’m tired
+Nikibi	Ugly, a bad deed
+Echiroto nkirungi	Good dream
+Wanji	Response to someone calling you. Can be used when you don’t understand what they said, but also in general
+Embuzi	Goat
+Akana Kembuzi	Baby goat
+Entama	Sheep
+Musana, Mushana (different pronunciation)	Sun
+Omwanya gobsinge	Peaceful Place
+Echirwa	Island
+Chine	Have
+Nyingyi	A lot
+Ruhanga eizina rye rehimbisibwe	Hossana
+Akasero	Basket with handles
+Akatebo 	Basket
+Akibo	Small basket
+Musingirio	A kind of bean that grow while twining (while connected to something, grows around it
+Enyawawa	The crying bird
+Sawa	I’m ok (be careful: this word means “something bitter” in Swahili)
+Nimarungy	I’m ok (response to Agandi)
+Mwakora	You have done great (multiple people)
+Wakora	You have done great (single person)
+Etanuru	Bricks arranged in a dome shape with fire under and inside them, to dry the bricks
+Tutamuzongoza	A person’s name, means someone who is not to be disturbed (or disturb others)
+Akana Kente 	Calf
+Omwana	Human baby
+Omuzeire	Parent
+Mama	Mother
+Taata	Father
+Buhunga	A food made with maize flour mixed with hot water and sugar (called porridge in some areas)
+Entuhe	Crusted Crane
+Ruhanga	God
+Amina	Amen
+Matooke	Mashed green banana
+Chinnurile	Delicious
+Bun	Bread bun
+Omugisha	Blessing
+Abatabani	Sons
+Yaabagirati	Said
+Ekibi	Sins
+Byona	Everything
+Ezitarikuzira	Those which you can’t refuse
+Nyamaishwa	Animals
+Aha	This
+Buri	That
+Muhango	Great
+Enshaija	Male (animal)
+Enkazi	Female (animal)
+Enshaija n’enkazi	Male and female (animals)
+Omusheija omukazi	Male and female (humans)
+Otwareho	You will take (a part of something, not all)
+Kare kare	Goodbye
+Ebinyugunyugu	Butterfly
+	
+
+# Numbers
+
+Rukiga	English
+Omwe	One person
+Emwe	One
+Ibiri	Two
+Ishatu	Three
+Ina	Four
+Itahano	Five
+Mukaga	Six
+Mushanju	Seven
+Mundane	Eight
+Mwenda	Nine
+Ekumi	Ten
+Ekumi ne emwe	Eleven
+Ekumi ne ibiri	Twelve
+Ekumi ne ishatu	Thirteen
+Makumi abiri	Twenty
+Makumi abiri ne emwe	Twenty one
+Makumi ashatu	Thirty
+Makumi ana	Forty
+Makumi atahano	Fifty
+Makumi mukaga	Sixty 
+Makumi mushanju 	Seventy
+Makumi munana	Eighty
+Makumi mwenda	Ninety
+Igana	Hundred
+Igana makumi ana	One hundred forty
+Igana emwe	One hundred one
+Igana makumi abiri ne munana	One hundred twenty eight 
+Bibiri	Two hundred
+Bishatu	Three hundred
+Bina	Four hundred
+Bitahano	Five hundred
+Rukaga	Six hundred
+Magana mukaga	Six hundred (another way of writing it)
+Rukumi	One thousand
+Eukumi igana makumi ana	One thousand one hundred forty 
+Omutwaro	Ten thousand
+Emitwaro ebiri	Twenty thousand
+
+# Phrases
+Eizina ryangye Mahdi: my name is Mahdi
+Ndaruga Iran: I’m from Iran
+Nashemererwa kubanimwe: I’m happy to be here
+Webare munonga: thank you very much
+Aha nyamaishwa eztarikuzira: those animals you can’t refuse (ritually clean)
+Yesu asimwe: praise God
+Asimwe munonga, amen: response to Yesu asimwe
+Ruhanga ni muhango: God is great
+Ruhanga ny mulingi: God is good
+Ekibi kya Noa: sins of noah
+Mwije murye: Come and eat
+Ndakukunda munonga: I love you a lot
+Neshaha zokurya: Time to eat
+Neshaha zokuzakubyama: time to sleep
+Orakundachi: what do you prefer?
+Embwa hamwe na pusi: dog or cat
+Nishahazingahe: what Time is it
+Eizina ryawe niriha: what is your name?
+Eizina rye niriha: what is his/her name?
+Kunaaba twena: all of us take a shower
+Kafumbo: village with people with good ideas
+You are jealous of my bf: Oyinihre
+omujinya omunwani wange omwojo.
+Echirwa chine emitti nyingyi: island with a lot of trees
+Murikuza bunyonyi erizooba: we are going to bunyonyi today
+Mpa ameizi: give me water
+Ekibo kyebichiga chiga: basket of chiga beans
+Aha obuhunga bunnurile: this buhunga is delicious
+
+# How to say beautiful
+
+How the adjective changes based on what we are talking about:
+
+Animals:
+Eboneire (beautiful for singular non-human?)
+Ziboneire (beautiful for plural non-human?)
+Kaboneire (beautiful when used after Akana)
+
+Other things (based on first letter of word and context):
+Pair 1 (kind of things that have life):
+Goboneire (beautiful for singular non-human)
+Eboneire (beautiful for multiple non-human)
+
+Pair 2 (kind of things that have no life):
+Leboneire (beautiful for singular non-human)
+Gabonaire (beautiful for plural non-human)
+
+Oboneire (beautiful for singular human telling them directly)
+Baboneire (beautiful for plural human, when telling a third person)
+Muboneire (beautiful for plural human, when telling themselves directly)
+Aboneire (beautiful for singular human, when telling a third person)
+Eizina riboneire: beautiful name
+Eizina rya we liboneire: your name is beautiful
+
+Omushozi (singular mountain) goboneire
+Emishozi (multiple mountain) eboneire
+Omuti (tree) goboneire
+Emiti (multiple trees) eboneire
+Eibare (stone) leboneire
+Amabare (stones) gaboneire
+
+Ente (cow) eboneire
+Ente (cows) zeboneire
+Engaji eboneire
+Engaji zeboneire
+
+Akana kenjagi kaboneire munonga munonga: baby gorilla is very very beautiful
+