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The dozen Luo, Lwo or Lwoian languages are spoken by the Luo peoples in an area ranging from southern Sudan to western Ethiopia to southern Kenya, with Dholuo extending into northern Tanzania and Alur into the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 2019, Jehovah’s Witnesses released the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in the Luo language. [6] The Bible translation is distributed without charge, both in print and online. The grammar textbook Carscallen produced was widely used for many years throughout eastern Kenya, but his authorship of it is largely forgotten.
Luo language or Lwo language may refer to: Luo languages, a family of Nilotic languages spoken by the Luo peoples from southern Sudan to southern Kenya Luo dialect or Dholuo, a dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages; Luo language (Cameroon), an unclassified language spoken in the Atta region of Cameroon; Luwo language, a Nilotic language ...
They speak the Luo language, also known as Dholuo, which belongs to the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. Dholuo shares considerable similarities with languages spoken by other Luo peoples. [5] The Luo moved into western Kenya from Uganda between the 15th and 20th centuries in four waves.
Lango (also called Leb-Lango) is a Southern Luo language or dialect cluster of the Western Nilotic language branch. [3] The word "Lango" is used to describe both the language spoken by the indigenous and the tribe itself. It is mainly spoken in Lango sub-region, in the North Central Region of Uganda.
Southern Luo is a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries. Although Southern Luo dialects are mutually intelligible, [citation needed] there are six ethnically and culturally distinct varieties which are considered to be separate languages socially. [citation needed] Proto-Southern Luo has been reconstructed by Blount & Curley (1970 ...
The Luo Languages are languages spoken by the Luo peoples. They include but are not fully limited to, Shilluk , Luwo , Thuri , Belanda Bor , Burun , Päri , Anuak , and Southern Luo . Although mostly being considered a Western Nilotic language and part of the Luo language group , the Burun languages are thought by linguist Roger Blench as a ...
Their Luo languages belong to the western branch of the Nilotic language family. The Luo groups in South Sudan include the Shilluk, Anuak, Pari, Acholi, Balanda Boor, Thuri and Luwo. Those in Uganda include the Alur, Acholi, Jonam and Padhola. The ones in Kenya and Tanzania are the Joluo (also called Luo in Kenyan English).