In this article, we describe the form and functions of locative enclitics in Ruruuli-Lunyala, Runyankore-Rukiga and Luganda. We demonstrate that although locative enclitics play the role of locative references, there are other non-locative functions which have not yet been reported in these three languages. The article pursues two objectives: (1) To describe the form of locative enclitics in the three languages; and (2) to describe the locative and non-locative functions of enclitics. Data for Luganda and Runyankore-Rukiga were collected using interviews and focus group discussions. For Ruruuli-Lunyala, examples were drawn from a spoken corpus of Ruruuli-Lunyala, a Ruruuli-Lunyala dictionary and elicitations from two native speakers. The findings show that locative enclitics in Ruruuli-Lunyala, Runyankore-Rukiga and Luganda play the role of locative reference in addition to non-locative functions. The non-locative functions attested in the three languages include partitive, politeness, comparative, adverbial, tense and aspect. Some encliticised words have become lexicalised, while others are used in idiomatic expressions.

在本文中，我们描述了Ruruuli-Lunyala，Runyankore-Rukiga和Luganda中的位置性气候的形式和功能。我们证明，尽管位置性气候起着位置性引用的作用，但还有其他非位置性功能尚未用这三种语言进行报道。本文追求两个目标：（1）用三种语言描述位置性气候的形式；（2）描述气候的位置和非位置功能。卢干达和Runyankore-Rukiga的数据是通过访谈和焦点小组讨论收集的。对于Ruruuli-Lunyala，示例摘自Ruruuli-Lunyala的口语语料库，Ruruuli-Lunyala词典和两名母语使用者的启发。研究结果表明，Ruruuli-Lunyala的定位气候，Runyankore-Rukiga和Luganda除具有非定位功能外，还扮演定位参考的角色。三种语言所证明的非定位功能包括：宾语，礼貌，比较，副词，时态和方面。一些陈词滥调的单词已被词汇化，而另一些则用于惯用语。