Disambiguation evidence for Luo via surface form

"Luo language"


As subject (41)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Luo language".

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