Editing Uganda (section)

===Languages===
{{main|Languages of Uganda}}
[[File:Languages of Uganda.png|thumb|upright=1.25|An ethnolinguistic map of Uganda]]

[[Swahili language|Swahili]], a widely used language throughout the African Great Lakes region, was approved as the country's second official national language in 2005.<ref name="Amendment_2005"/><ref name="Kagonye_22_sw">{{cite news |last1=Kagonye |first1=Fred |title=Uganda adopts Swahili as an official language |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/2001449634/uganda-adopts-swahili-as-an-official-language |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=[[The Standard (Kenya)]] |publisher=[[The Standard (Kenya)]] |date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706045639/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/2001449634/uganda-adopts-swahili-as-an-official-language |archive-date=6 July 2022 |location=[[Nairobi, Kenya]] |language=en}}</ref> [[English language|English]] was the only official language until the constitution was amended in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uganda is embracing Swahili in its curriculum after years of resistance |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uganda-is-embracing-swahili-in-its-curriculum-after-years-of-resistance/ar-AAXsAmz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004181120/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uganda-is-embracing-swahili-in-its-curriculum-after-years-of-resistance/ar-AAXsAmz |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=[[MSN]]}}</ref><ref name="cia" /><ref name="Amendment_2005" /><ref name="Republic" /><ref>{{cite web |date=5 November 2015 |title=English rules in Uganda, but local languages shouldn't be sidelined |url=https://theconversation.com/english-rules-in-uganda-but-local-languages-shouldnt-be-sidelined-49381 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004181120/https://theconversation.com/english-rules-in-uganda-but-local-languages-shouldnt-be-sidelined-49381 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> Although Swahili has not been favoured by the Bantu-speaking populations of the south and south-west of the country, it is an important ''[[lingua franca]]'' in the northern regions. It is also widely used in the police and military forces, which may be a historical result of the disproportionate recruitment of northerners into the security forces during the colonial period. The status of Swahili has thus alternated with the political group in power.<ref name="UCLA">[http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004 Swahili] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714164518/http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004 |date=14 July 2007 }} in the UCLA Language Materials Project</ref> For example, Idi Amin, who came from the north-west, declared Swahili to be the national language.<ref>[http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili_history.html "A Brief History of the Swahili Language"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512022044/http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili_history.html |date=12 May 2017 }}, glcom.com</ref>