Kakwa Language

Kakwa also known as Kakuwâ or Kutuk na kakwa is a language spoken in Yei and Morobo County in South sudan, Koboko, Moyo and Yumbe Districts in Uganda and Imgbokolo and Aba in Congo, DRC by the Kakwa|Bari Kakwa people.

It belongs to the Karo group of languages which also includes Bari language.

Kakwa language has approximately 500,000 native speakers.

General Idi Amin Dada, who was a repressive dictator in Uganda was a Kakwa

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