Tooro is a Northeast Bantu language spoken by about 490,000 people in the Tooro Kingdom (Obukama bwa Tooro) a traditional Banto kingdom in the Western Region of Uganda. It is spoken mainly by the Tooro people (Abatooro) in the districits of Kabarole, Kyenjojo and Kyegegwa.
Tooro is also known as Rutooro, Rutoro, Toro or Orutooro. There is one main dialect: Tuku. It is closely related to Nyoro / Runyoro, which is spoken in the Bunyoro Kingdom in western Uganda. Tooro and Nyoro are classified as one language, known as Nyoro-Tooro, Runyoro-Rutooro, or Orunyoro-Orutooro, by the Ministry of Education of Uganda, although other sources classify them as separate languages.
A standard way to write Tooro, and Nyoro, with the Latin alphabet was created in 1947. Tooro is used in schools, in some literature, and on the radio.
Download an alphabet chart for Tooro (Excel)
Buli muntu aina obugabe bwe habwe rundi omukitebe n’abandi kutwara omumaiso kandi n’okwekamba kulinda n’okuhikiriza eby’obugabe bw’abantu n’obusinge bwabo kwetwara harulengo rw’ihanga n’orw’ensi yoona.
Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels.
(Article 1 of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooro_language#Sample_text
Information about Tooro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooro_language
https://baibuli.ugandan.bible/tooro/
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ttj
http://www.language-archives.org/language/ttj
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyoro-Tooro_language
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