Nkole people
For other uses, see Nkole.
Nkole people belong to the Bantus of East Africa. They live mainly in Ankole, in their main territory.
Names
There are several names they are referred to as. These include the following ones: Ankole, Ankori, Banyankole, Banyankore, Nkoles, Nkore, Nyankole, Nyankore, Ouanyankori, Runyankole, Runyankore, Uluyankole, Uluyankore.[1]
Language
Their native language is the Nkore (or Nyankore). This Bantu language had 2 330 000 native speakers in 2002.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Source LCSH, BnF
- ↑ Nkole people at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Other sources
- John Roscoe, The Banyankole: the second part of the report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1923, 176 p.
External links
- (French) « Nkole (peuple d'Afrique) » (notice LCSH, BnF)
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