Luo people of Tanzania

E234694

The Luo people of Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily residing around the Lake Victoria region, culturally and linguistically related to other Luo communities of East Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Luo people of Tanzania canonical 2
Luo peoples of East Africa 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people
ethnic group
associatedWaterBody Lake Victoria
continent Africa
country Tanzania
countryOfficialLanguageContext English
Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
culturalPractice age-set traditions
bridewealth customs
extended family structures
culturalRelation Luo people of Tanzania self-linksurface differs
surface form: Luo peoples of East Africa
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania
ethnolinguisticCluster Western Nilotic languages
surface form: Western Nilotic Luo cluster
geographicContext East Africa
hasOralTraditions migration narratives from the north
historicalMigrationDirection southward migration into Tanzania
historicalMigrationOrigin Upper Nile Valley
surface form: Upper Nile region
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
languageFamily Nilotic languages
linguisticRelation Luo language
surface form: Luo languages
macroEthnicCategory Luo people
surface form: Luo peoples

Nilotic peoples
surface form: Nilotes
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Tanzania
neighboringEthnicGroups Kurya people
Sukuma people
Zanaki people
partOf Nilotic peoples
surface form: Luo peoples of the Nile basin
primaryResidence Mara Region
Mwanza Region
around Lake Victoria
northwestern Tanzania
region Lake Victoria zone
surface form: Lake Victoria region
relatedEthnicGroup Acholi people
Alur people
Jopadhola
Luo people of Kenya
Luo people of Uganda
religion Christianity
traditional African religions
selfIdentification Luo
socialOrganization clan-based structure
subfamily Western Nilotic languages
traditionalLivelihood cattle keeping
fishing
small-scale agriculture
usesLanguageAlongsideEthnicLanguage Swahili

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Referenced by (3)

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

Luo ethnicGroupAssociated Luo people of Tanzania
subject surface form: Luo language
Luo people of Kenya relatedEthnicGroup Luo people of Tanzania
Luo people of Tanzania culturalRelation Luo people of Tanzania self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Luo peoples of East Africa