[citation needed] In south-central Uganda, the Bantu languages of Luganda and Lusoga are largely interintelligible as well.

This dialectic similarity also extends to the Lussese language spoken in the Ssese Islands of Lake Victoria.

Western Nilotic Luo languages include Alur (population 459,000), Acholi, Lango, Adhola and Kumam.

Lugbara, Aringa, Ma'di and Ndo of northwestern Uganda are members of the Central Sudanic languages.

In Uganda, as in many African countries, English was introduced in government and public life by way of missionary work and the educational system.

The Baganda viewed the introduction of Swahili as a threat to their political power and partly through their influence, English remained the only official language at that time.

[citation needed] After independence, there were efforts to choose an African official language, with Swahili and Luganda as the most considered candidates.