Tooro, or ''Rutooro'', is a

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spoken mainly by the Toro people (''Batooro'') from the

Toro Kingdom Tooro is a Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Toro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV took to the throne of Tooro kingdom in 1995 at the age of just three y ...

region of western

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. There are three main areas where Rutooro as a language is mainly used and they are Kabarole District,

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District and Kyegegwa District. Rutooro is unique among

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as it lacks lexical tone. It is most closely related to Runyoro.

References

Languages of Uganda Nyoro-Ganda languages {{Uganda-stub

See also

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