Alternate Names: Lugwere, Olugwere
Dialects: None known. Lamogi (Lamoogi, Lulamogi, Lulamoogi). Lexical similarity: 68% with Ganda ,, 82% with Lamooji ,, 79% with Lusiginyi ,, 77% with Kenye ,, 64% with Lutenga ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 409,000 (2002 census), increasing.
Language Use: Very vigorous. Home, village, market, work, church. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Ganda [lug]. Used as L2 by Kenye [lke].
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Newspapers. Radio programs. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2005–2010.
Typology: SVO; lexical and grammatical tone, highly agglutinating, 5 vowels (contrastive vowel lengths), 21 consonants.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Uganda
Other Comments: Christian.