NationMaster - Ugandan Language statistics

English speakers	0	[46th of 52]
English speakers (per $ GDP)	0 per $10,000 of GDP	[34th of 35]
English speakers (per capita)	0 per 100 people	[43rd of 46]
English status Used in primary schools, law courts. Official language. Newspapers, radio programs. Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > As an additional language	2,500,000	[27th of 59]
English-speaking population > Total	2,500,000	[32nd of 99]
Languages English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate	68.9	[134th of 174]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uganda, Republic of Uganda

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