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Rutooro Language Study

These lessons in the Rutooro language of western Uganda are taught by Maria Monica Karabyo (the word “karabyo” in Rutooro means lightning). In these lessons, you will be asked to repeat words and phrases that Maria is teaching. There will be a lot of repetition. Try to imitate Maria as well as you possibly can.

Lesson 1: Greetings
Lesson 2: Coming and Going
Lesson 3: Possessives: Mine, Yours, Theirs, etc.
Lesson 4: To the School, Talking about Reading


The vocabulary pages group words by category.

Vocabulary: Spoken Rutooro, Written English
Vocabulary: Written Rutooro, Spoken English
Vocabulary: Spoken Rutooro, Spoken English