Luo

E45322
Eastern Nilotic language variety Nilotic language natural language

Luo is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Luo people of East Africa, especially in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Luo canonical 12
DhoLuo 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language variety ⓘ
Nilotic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Acholi language ⓘ
Alur language ⓘ
Lango language ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Luo people of Kenya ⓘ
Luo people of Tanzania ⓘ
Luo people of Uganda ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dholuo ⓘ
Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) ⓘ
hasAutonym Dholuo ⓘ
hasGlottocode luoo1241 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code luo ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ
surface form: Lake Victoria region
hasLinguisticClassificationSource Ethnologue ⓘ
Glottolog ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone distinctions ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
languageBranch Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Kenya ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
spokenBy Luo people ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
spokenInCity Kisumu ⓘ
spokenInRegion Nyanza region of Kenya ⓘ
typologicalFeature subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
usedAlongside English ⓘ
surface form: English in Kenya

English in Uganda ⓘ
Swahili in Kenya ⓘ
Swahili in Tanzania ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
local media in western Kenya ⓘ
music and songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Olara Otunnu → languageSpoken → Luo ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian → includesLanguage → Luo ⓘ
Kibera → hasEthnicGroup → Luo ⓘ
Dholuo → nativeName → Luo ⓘ
this entity surface form: DhoLuo
Dholuo → alternateName → Luo ⓘ
Luo people of Tanzania → selfIdentification → Luo ⓘ
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga → ethnicGroup → Luo ⓘ
Alego Kogelo → languageUsed → Luo ⓘ
Bahr el Ghazal → ethnicGroups → Luo ⓘ
Tom Mboya → ethnicGroup → Luo ⓘ
Karuma Falls → hasLanguageOfToponym → Luo ⓘ
Oyugis → dominantEthnicGroup → Luo ⓘ
Kenyan → languageSpoken → Luo ⓘ