Gwere, or Lugwere, is the language spoken by the Gwere people (Bagwere), a Bantu people found in the eastern part of Uganda. It has a close dialectical resemblance to Soga and Ganda, which neighbour the Gwere.
Phonology
Consonants
Gwere has 20 consonant phonemes.
Vowels
Gwere has ten vowel phonemes, 5 short and 5 long.
Orthography and alphabet
The Gwere alphabet has 31 letters.
- a - a - [ÃÂ]
- aa - aa - [ÃÂÃÂ]
- b - ba - [ò]
- bb - bba - [b]
- c - ca - [c]
- d - da - [d]
- e - e - [e]
- ee - ee - [eÃÂ]
- f - fa - [f]
- g - ga - [g]
- i - i - [i]
- ii - ii - [iÃÂ]
- j - ja - [ÃÂ]
- k - ka - [k]
- l - la - [l]
- m - ma - [m]
- n - na - [n]
- ny - nya - [ò]
- Ã
 - Ã
Âa - [Ã
Â]
- o - o - [o]
- oo - oo - [oÃÂ]
- p - pa - [p]
- r - ra - [r]
- s - sa - [s]
- t - ta - [t]
- u - u - [u]
- uu - uu - [uÃÂ]
- v - va - [v]
- w - wa - [w]
- y - ya - [j]
- z - za - [z]
References
Bibliography
Further reading