Luo people of Tanzania

E234694
Nilotic people ethnic group

The Luo people of Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily residing around the Lake Victoria region, culturally and linguistically related to other Luo communities of East Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Luo people of Tanzania canonical 2
Luo peoples of East Africa 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWaterBody Lake Victoria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageContext English ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
culturalPractice age-set traditions ⓘ
bridewealth customs ⓘ
extended family structures ⓘ
culturalRelation Luo people of Tanzania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luo peoples of East Africa
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania ⓘ
ethnolinguisticCluster Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Nilotic Luo cluster
geographicContext East Africa ⓘ
hasOralTraditions migration narratives from the north ⓘ
historicalMigrationDirection southward migration into Tanzania ⓘ
historicalMigrationOrigin Upper Nile Valley ⓘ
surface form: Upper Nile region
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
linguisticRelation Luo language ⓘ
surface form: Luo languages
macroEthnicCategory Luo people ⓘ
surface form: Luo peoples

Nilotic peoples ⓘ
surface form: Nilotes
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Tanzania ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Kurya people ⓘ
Sukuma people ⓘ
Zanaki people ⓘ
partOf Nilotic peoples ⓘ
surface form: Luo peoples of the Nile basin
primaryResidence Mara Region ⓘ
Mwanza Region ⓘ
around Lake Victoria ⓘ
northwestern Tanzania ⓘ
region Lake Victoria zone ⓘ
surface form: Lake Victoria region
relatedEthnicGroup Acholi people ⓘ
Alur people ⓘ
Jopadhola ⓘ
Luo people of Kenya ⓘ
Luo people of Uganda ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
selfIdentification Luo ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based structure ⓘ
subfamily Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood cattle keeping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
usesLanguageAlongsideEthnicLanguage Swahili ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luo → ethnicGroupAssociated → Luo people of Tanzania ⓘ
subject surface form: Luo language
Luo people of Kenya → relatedEthnicGroup → Luo people of Tanzania ⓘ
Luo people of Tanzania → culturalRelation → Luo people of Tanzania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luo peoples of East Africa