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.

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	Lake Victoria region →
hasLinguisticClassificationSource	Ethnologue → Glottolog →
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone distinctions → vowel length contrast →
hasWritingSystem	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 in Kenya → English in Uganda → Swahili in Kenya → Swahili in Tanzania →
usedFor	everyday communication → local media in western Kenya → music and songs → oral literature →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nilo-Saharian →	includesLanguage
Olara Otunnu →	languageSpoken