Dholuo
E234693
Dholuo is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Luo people of western Kenya and parts of Tanzania.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dholuo canonical | 19 |
| Luo (Dholuo) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nilotic language
ⓘ
Southern Luo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kenyan Luo
ⓘ
Luo ⓘ Luo people of Kenya ⓘ
surface form:
Luo of Kenya and Tanzania
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Acholi language
ⓘ
Alur language ⓘ Lango language ⓘ |
| countryOfficialStatus | recognized minority language in Kenya ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Luo people ⓘ |
| glottocode | luod1236 ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | Bible translated into Dholuo ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Luo music and songs
ⓘ
Luo oral poetry ⓘ Luo storytelling traditions ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties within Kenya ⓘ |
| hasEducationalMaterial | Dholuo language textbooks ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
subject–verb–object word order
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | agglutinative features ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticAncestor |
Western Nilotic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Western Nilotic
|
| hasLiteratureType |
modern written literature
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate | several million speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone distinguishes lexical meaning ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEffortsBy | Kenyan language boards and scholars ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | luo ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Nilo-Saharan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nilo-Saharan
Nilotic ⓘ Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Western Nilotic
|
| nativeName |
Luo
ⓘ
surface form:
DhoLuo
|
| primaryRegion |
Nyanza region of Kenya
ⓘ
surface form:
western Kenya
|
| region | Nyanza region of Kenya ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kenya
ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Nilo-Saharan languages
ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ Western Nilotic languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in parts of western Kenya ⓘ |
| usedBy | Luo diaspora communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian religious services in Luo communities
ⓘ
education in parts of western Kenya ⓘ local media in western Kenya ⓘ local radio broadcasting in Kenya ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Luo language
subject surface form:
Luo language
this entity surface form:
Luo (Dholuo)