Acholi language

E810850

Luo language Western Nilotic language language

Acholi language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Acholi people of northern Uganda and South Sudan.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Acholi language canonical	11

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Luo language ⓘ Western Nilotic language ⓘ language ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Alur language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumam language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lango language NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
ethnicity	Acholi NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode	acol1238 ⓘ
glottologName	Acholi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Acoli NERFINISHED ⓘ Lwo (Acholi) ⓘ
hasDialects	minor regional varieties ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	noun class-like gender distinctions (reduced) ⓘ verb-initial tendencies ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	Arabic (via Juba Arabic and others) ⓘ English NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrthography	standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasStandardizationEffortBy	Ugandan language boards ⓘ
hasSVOOrder	yes (common word order) ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn	South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-3	ach ⓘ
languageFamily	Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfContinuumWith	Southern Luo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Northern Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Acholi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily	Luo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication ⓘ oral literature ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
usedIn	education at local level ⓘ local media ⓘ
usedInCulturalExpression	Bwola dance songs ⓘ Otole war songs ⓘ
usedInReligiousContext	Christian liturgy (local churches) ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (11)

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

Nilotic languages → majorLanguage → Acholi language ⓘ

Lango language → closelyRelatedTo → Acholi language ⓘ

Alur language → closelyRelatedTo → Acholi language ⓘ

Dholuo → closelyRelatedTo → Acholi language ⓘ

Luo language → closelyRelatedTo → Acholi language ⓘ

Nilotic peoples → speaks → Acholi language ⓘ

Madi language → neighboringLanguage → Acholi language ⓘ

Acholi people → language → Acholi language ⓘ

Western Nilotic languages → hasMember → Acholi language ⓘ

Northern Region, Uganda → hasLanguage → Acholi language ⓘ

Kitgum → widelySpokenLanguage → Acholi language ⓘ