Luo language (Kenya and Tanzania)

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Name (Hebrew)
שפת לואו (קניה וטנזניה)
Name (Latin)
Luo language (Kenya and Tanzania)
Name (Arabic)
اللغة الدهولوية (كينيا وتنزانيا)
Other forms of name
Dho Luo language
Dholuo language
Gaya language
Jo Luo language
nne Kavirondo language
Kavirondo language, Nilotic
Nife language
Nilotic Kavirondo language
Nyife language
Wagaya language
See Also From tracing topical name
Nilotic languages
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Kenya
Tanzania
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5414796
Library of congress: sh 85078929

Wikipedia description:

Dholuo (pronounced [d̪ólúô]) or Nilotic Kavirondo, is a dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.2 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Nam Lolwe (Lake Victoria) and areas to the south. It is used in broadcasts on Ramogi TV and KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, formerly the Voice of Kenya). Dholuo is mutually intelligible with the Acholi, Alur and Adhola languages of Uganda. Dholuo and the aforementioned Uganda languages are all linguistically related to Dholuo of South Sudan and Anuak of Ethiopia due to common ethnic origins of the larger Luo peoples who speak Luo languages. Four primary Dholuo dialects exist. These do not have their own names but are purely geographical; northwestern, south-central, east-central, and south. All dialects are highly mutually intelligible, and mainly differ in lexis. It is estimated that Dholuo has 93% lexical similarity with Dhopadhola (Adhola), 90% with Leb Alur (Alur), 83% with Leb Achol (Acholi). However, these are often counted as separate languages despite common ethnic origins due to linguistic shift occasioned by geographical movement.

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