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):
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:
@donosborn In the absence of more reliable responses, here are my best guesses: p1 Rutooro (ttj), p2 Lusoga (xog), p3 Olukonzo (koo)
— Indigenous Tweets (@IndigenousTweet) November 11, 2014
- 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.
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