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Languages Spoken in Uganda

Official: English and Swahili

Uganda has a population of 49.3 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 12 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. English and Swahili serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Uganda, 3 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

49.3M
Population
12
Languages
3
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Languages spoken in Uganda

Swahili Official
Latin script, Swahili Ajami
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75%
CLDR
Ganda
Latin script
13%
CLDR
Nyankole
Latin script
6%
CLDR
Chiga
Latin script
5%
CLDR
Soga
Latin script
5%
CLDR
English Official
English Braille, English alphabet
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4%
CLDR
Teso
Latin script
4%
CLDR
Lango [Uganda]
Latin script
4%
CLDR
Acoli
Latin script
4%
CLDR
Masaaba
3%
CLDR
Kinyarwanda
Latin script
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2%
CLDR
Tooro
2%
CLDR
Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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