- The
Dholuo dialect (pronounced [d̪ólúô]) or
Nilotic Kavirondo, is a
dialect of the Luo
group of
Nilotic languages,
spoken by
about 4.2
million Luo people...
- the Luo language, also
known as
Dholuo,
which belongs to the
Western Nilotic branch of the
Nilotic language family.
Dholuo shares considerable similarities...
-
ranging from
southern Sudan to
western Ethiopia to
southern Kenya, with
Dholuo extending into
northern Tanzania and Alur into the
Democratic Republic of...
- and in
several West
African languages such as Fula. The
Nilotic language Dholuo,
spoken in Kenya,
shows mutation of stem-final consonants, as does English...
-
first European to
reach Lake
Victoria (known to
locals as Nam
Lolwe in
Dholuo and
Nnalubaale or
Ukerewe in Luganda).
Speke is also
known for propounding...
-
Bantu languages such as Kiswahili,
Kikuyu and
Nilotic languages such as
Dholuo. It has been
developing since colonisation and also
contains certain elements...
-
linguists such as
Maarten Kossmann prefer the term "annex state." The
Dholuo language (one of the Luo languages)
shows alternations between voiced and...
-
Joluo (also
called Luo in
Kenyan English). The
Joluo and
their language Dholuo are also
known as the "Luo proper" by
Kenya based observers, even though...
- from SIL's
Ethnologue 16 (2009)). In
descending order: Luo (
Dholuo, 4.4 million).
Dholuo language of the Luo
people of
Kenya and Tanzania, Kenya's fourth...
- to love oneself, no
matter one's skin tone. In 2020, the
Kiswahili and
Dholuo translations were made
available in East
Africa through Kenyan publishing...
