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