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{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Uganda}} {{Infobox language |name=Soga |nativename=''Lusoga'' |states=[[Uganda]] |region=Mainly in [[Busoga]] region |ethnicity=[[Soga people|Basoga]] |speakers= {{sigfig|3.06|2}} million |script=[[Latin alphabet]] |date=2014 census |ref=e22 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Volta-Congo]] |fam4=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam5=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantoid]] |fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam8=[[Northeast Bantu]] |fam9=[[Great Lakes Bantu]] |fam10=[[West Nyanza languages|West Nyanza]] |fam11=[[North Nyanza languages|North Nyanza]] |dia1=Gabula |dia2=Lamogi |dia3=Tenga |dia4=Kenyi |nation= Major language of [[Uganda]], official status ''unclear/pending...'' |agency=[[Lusoga Language Authority (LULA)]] (Uganda) |lc1=xog|ld1=Soga |lc2=lke|ld2=Kenyi |glotto=soga1244 |glottorefname=Soga–Kenyi |guthrie=JE.16 }} {{Infobox ethnonym|person='''Omu'''Soga|people=[[Soga people|'''Aba'''Soga]]|language=[[Soga language|'''Olu'''Soga]]|country=[[Busoga|'''Bu'''Soga]]|Soga}} '''Soga''', or '''Lusoga''', is a [[Bantu languages|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 language|Swahili]], and [[Luganda]]. However, it is largely restricted to 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 [[tone (linguistics)|tonal]].
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