Soga language

Person	OmuSoga
People	AbaSoga
Language	OluSoga
Country	BuSoga

Soga
Soga
Lusoga
Native to	Uganda
Region	Mainly in Busoga region
Ethnicity	Basoga
Native speakers	3.1 million (2014 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza North Nyanza Soga; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gabula; Lamogi; Tenga; Kenyi;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Major language of Uganda, official status unclear/pending...
Regulated by	Lusoga Language Authority (LULA) (Uganda)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; xog – Soga; lke – Kenyi
Glottolog	soga1244
Guthrie code	JE.16

Soga, or Lusoga, is a Bantu language spoken by the Soga people of the Busoga region in Eastern Uganda. With over three million speakers, it is one of the major languages of Uganda, after English, Swahili, and Luganda. Lusoga is predominantly spoken within the Busoga region which is mainly within the natural boundaries of Lake Victoria to the south, Lake Kyoga to the north, the Nile river to the west and the Mpologoma ('Lion') river to the east of Namutumba district. It is tonal.