Nyoro-Tooro language

Nyoro-Tooro is a language spoken by around 1,200,000 people living in western Uganda. It is often defined as two separate languages: Nyoro and Tooro, though it is defined as one language by the Ministry of Education in Uganda. It is closely related to Runyankore-Rukiga.

Comparison of Nyoro and Tooro
Nyoro and Tooro are very similar in many aspects, but differ in several ways as well.

Tone
Both languages are tonal languages where high and low tones (or H and L) are the essential tones. However, Nyoro has both lexical and grammatical tone, whereas Tooro only has grammatical tone. This means that some homophones in Tooro are differentiated in Nyoro.

Word formation
There are many instances where the two languages have slightly different words. These minor variations include different consonants, vowels or vowel lengths.