Language code: lg

Technical information about ISO 639 language code lg

The table below provides technical details for the Ganda language, designated by the lg code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

lg

Name

Official

Ganda

Native

Luganda

Family
Bantu
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Ganda, also known as Luganda, belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically within the Bantu subgroup. It is widely spoken in Uganda and is written using the Latin script (Ganda alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 10 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

5.5M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Ganda speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

lg-UG Ganda (Uganda)

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