Thursday, November 06, 2014

Uganda ebola posters, in which languages?

Here are three ebola posters from Uganda - produced by the Health Promotion and Education Division of the Ministry of Health - for which I'm requesting help to identify the languages. Have had no luck with other channels so will post here and hope for input from a wider audience.

The three were part of a 3-page PDF document, which I converted into separate image files (these were also posted on Twitter):

1. Yega ebindi ebikwataine na EBOLA


2. Omanya ebikwete aha EBOLA

 

 3. Minya binene'bihambengene okwa EBOLA


There was a suggestion on Twitter by @IndigenousTweet that the language of the third one is Olukonzo.

Please feel free to add a comment if you can identify the languages of any of the three. 

Addendum (13 Nov. 2014)


A tweet from @IndigenousTweet offers tentative identification of the languages:

  • Rutooro is one of four closely related languages of southwestern Uganda, for which a common standardized version - Runyakitara - has been developed. It's worth checking whether the poster is actually in Runyakitara.
  • Lusoga is spoken in southern Uganda, to the east of the area where Luganda (to which it is closely related) dominates.
  • Olukonzo is also spoken in southwest Uganda and apparently also across the border in DRC.
A follow on question is whether these three posters are actually a subset of a larger number of translations with other Ugandan languages. (Am seeking more info, which I'll post when available.)

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