Nyoro or Runyoro (Orunyoro, [oɾuɲôɾo]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda.
It has two dialects: Runyoro proper and Rutagwenda.
The Nyoro language acquired Central Sudanic loanwowrds from the Ma'di language in the 13-15th centuries during the Bachwezi era, when the early expanding Banyoro community absorbed Madi people whose previous territory extended south of the Nile into what is now northern Bunyoro.
[4] The Nyoro language later received Nilotic loanwords from the Luo languages after the migration of the Babiito and Palwo into Bunyoro.
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