Luo language

E247405

The Luo language is a major Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Luo people of western Kenya and neighboring regions of East Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Luo languages 28
Luo language canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language
Western Nilotic language
language
basicWordOrder SVO
closelyRelatedTo Acholi language
Alur language
Lango language
countryStatus major regional language in Kenya
ethnicGroup Luo people
family Nilo-Saharan languages
glottocode luoo1238
hasAlternativeName Dho-Luo
Kenyan Luo
hasApproximateSpeakers over 4 million
hasCaseMarking limited case marking via adpositions and tone
hasDialects Central Nyanza Luo
linked to: Nyanza region

Kisumu Luo
linked to: Kisumu

South Nyanza Luo
linked to: Nyanza region
hasGrammarFeature aspect marking
subject-verb agreement
verb extensions
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNumeralSystem decimal
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
vowel length contrast
hasStandardization orthography developed in 20th century
ISO639-2 luo
ISO639-3 luo
lexifierFor Sheng vocabulary influence
nativeName Dholuo
primaryRegion western Kenya
region East Africa
spokenIn Kenya
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
subfamily Nilotic languages
subgroup Luo languages
linked to: Luo language

Western Nilotic languages
usedFor education at lower primary level in some areas of Kenya
local media in western Kenya
religious activities
usedIn Luo literature
Luo music lyrics
local radio broadcasting in Kenya
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

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

Nilo-Saharan phylum includesLanguage Luo language
subject linked to: Nilo-Saharian phylum
Eastern Sudanic languages hasNotableLanguage Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Nilotic languages majorLanguage Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Lango language subfamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Luo people of Tanzania linguisticRelation Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Atuot language relatedTo Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Luo language subgroup Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Nilotic peoples speaks Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Acholi people languageFamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Western Nilotic languages hasMember Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Alur language languageFamily Luo languages
subject linked to: Alur people
linked to: Luo language
Kiryandongo District languageUsed Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Anuak language closelyRelatedTo Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Shilluk language subfamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Odinga familyNameLanguage Luo language
African languages includeLanguage Luo language
Akena languageOfOrigin Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Acholi language subfamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Lango sub-region languageFamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Adhola language languageBranch Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Alur subclassOf Luo language
Jopadhola languageFamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Jopadhola people languageFamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Proto-Nilotic ancestorOf Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Oginga languageOfOrigin Luo language
Langi people languageRelatedTo Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Padhola language subgroup Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Thuri language neighboringLanguage Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Luwo language subfamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Karuma trading centre languageUsed Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Suba people hasBilingualismWith Luo language
Gulu District languageSpoken Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Acholiland languageFamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language
Lamwo District hasCommonLanguage Luo languages
linked to: Luo language