Dholuo

dialect of the Luo spoken in Kenya and Tanzania
Language language Q5414796
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Dholuo

Summary

Dholuo is a language[1]. Dholuo has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Dholuo is in the country of Kenya[3].
  • Dholuo is in the country of Tanzania[4].
  • Dholuo's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Dholuo's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Dholuo is a type of Western Nilotic[7].
  • Dholuo is a type of Nilotic[8].
  • Dholuo's writing system is recorded as Arabic alphabet[9].
  • Dholuo's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Dholuo's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3000000'}[11].
  • Dholuo's different from is recorded as Luo[12].
  • Dholuo's different from is recorded as Luba-Kasai[13].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Busia County[14].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Homa Bay County[15].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Kakamega County[16].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Kisii County[17].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Kisumu County[18].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Migori County[19].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Nyamira county[20].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Siaya County[21].
  • Dholuo's indigenous to is recorded as Mara Region[22].
  • Dholuo's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LUO[23].
  • Dholuo's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[24].
  • Dholuo's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[25].
  • Dholuo's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[26].

Why It Matters

Dholuo has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Dholuo is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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