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Ugandan English
Ugandan English is the form of the English language spoken in Uganda. Although - save for the accent - Ugandans mostly use British English, this is increasingly getting localised, resulting in English, particularly spoken English, that is uniquely Ugandan. Features of Ugandan English include:
- Incorporation of words from the local language, especially to express ideas or feelings that cannot be or are not easily expressed in the English language. English inflections are usually used to render such words. For example, "She kwanjulad this weekend" meaning "She got married in a traditional ceremony this weekend". Kwanjula, which is the name of the ceremony in Luganda, is rendered as a verb in the past tense using the English ending "-d". The present continuous tense would be "She is kwajularing today".
- Using local words as a prefix to English words to express a particular idea or quality. E.g. "ka-man" to signify a small man and "ki-man" to refer to a big man. "Ka-" is a prefix for small and "Ki-" for big in many Ugandan languages.
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