Nyoro language

Nyoro
Orunyoro
Native toUganda
RegionBunyoro
EthnicityBanyoro
Native speakers
670,000 (2002 census)
Standard forms
Dialects
  • Runyoro proper
  • Rutagwenda
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2nyo
ISO 639-3nyo
Glottolognyor1246
JE.11
PersonOmuNyoro
PeopleAbaNyoro
LanguageOruNyoro
CountryBuNyoro

Nyoro or Runyoro (Orunyoro, [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. It's most closely related to Rutooro.