Luganda
/luːˈɡæn.də/noun
A Bantu language spoken mainly in central Uganda, especially by the Baganda people.
Did you know?Luganda is the language of the Baganda kingdom, and its name ultimately reflects the people it belongs to rather than a spooky hidden root or magical phrase.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
Luganda
“The Bantu language spoken by the Baganda people of central Uganda.”
19th–20th Century
English
Luganda
“Borrowed into English from local usage and colonial-era linguistic description.”
Bantu
Bantu
*Ganda
“The ethnonym of the Baganda people, referring to the people of the kingdom of Buganda.”
Bantu
Bantu
buGanda
“The name of the kingdom/region of Buganda, literally the land or domain of the Ganda people.”
Bantu
Bantu
Luganda
“The language associated with the Baganda people, using the Bantu language prefix lu- for languages.”