Culture : Acholi to Dholuo

So, I love culture. Anthropology. Languages. Am no expert, but I try. I think everyone should learn a few more languages in their lifetime. I speak and understand several Kenyan Languages. And one advantage is, it makes it easier for you to learn languages from other countries and get by easier, when doing your business or just…chilling.
With a standard understanding of Swahili and another Bantu language, maybe Gikuyu, Giriama, Taita, Gusii or any of the Mijikenda or Luhya dialects, you would find many languages in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi all the way to Sauzi easy to learn.

For Plain Nilotics, I hear Maasai and Samburu are quite close. Teso, Turkana and Karamoja are also significantly related.

Today, I just realized I could get by quite well in Northern Uganda with my Basic Luo skills.
Language is an intriguing phenomena that extrapolates the dynamics of human relations

Ayudo ni Acholi gi Luo gin closer than I thought. Infact, Acholi gi luo en gimoro achiel. Differences tin. Kikunyiera kakaandiko. Ang’eyo dholuo matin.
Adhola, Alur and Lang’o of Uganda are also very close to Dholuo.

For those who understand Dholuo, check out the extreme similarities with Acholi. Almost word by word.

Acholi

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Luo Versions
Which ? - Mane ?
Who ? - Ng’a
What ? - ang’o ?
Why ? - Pingo ? na’ang’o…(confirm)

How many ? Adi ?
Far : Mabor

The others are very similar or just slight variations

Counting in Acholi
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Luo

1 Achiel, 2 Ario, 3 Adek, 4 An’gwen, 5 Abich, 6 Auchiel, 7 abirio, 8 aboro, 9 Ochiko, 10 Apar…90% similar

Some more Acholi words with high similarity with Kenyan Luo.
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Infact, Acholi Language is also known as Luo. So, next time I visit Gulu, I’ll just try pretend that I already know some Acholi and just use my Dholuo. Na niombe nisipigwe masweep na RKO.

*Mahali iko makosa, samehea. Am not a first language speaker of dholuo.

Haya, We aom kuon moro kae kech nega. Wanere.

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Naskia baba has more chances kuwa president South sudan than kenya .

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Maaan, if only I could find people who teach Luo. This is one language I have to learn.

Alafu hapo kwa daktari naskianga wakisema Laktar.

Alafu tong si ni mayai, ama?

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Nugu homo wewe. Watu wanajifunza wewe unaanza siasa? Usijiite bukusu tena. Mungiki wewe.

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Yea, Tong ni mayai. Alafu kuna design flani kavu wanaterminate maneno Kama Fish kwa Kenyan Luo ni Rech, Acholi wanaacha inabaki Rec

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Murume, kwani baba alikunyima nomination ukamtoka

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Amekula pesa ya eurobond alafu bibi akamaliza na shinyeyefication.

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hehehe kimilili nasimama na Jubilee

TLDR

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Tong ni spear pia

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Tong ni Mayai or Spear.
Daktari ni ajuoga

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puce mako ayeyo

There is also a tribe in south Sudan wako na matamshi ya kiluo.

Luos came from Sudan also, Iwinjo?

The Nuer, I think.

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Acholi sudan and Anyuak

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A Luo buddy of mine worked in Sudan when it was still at war. He told me he could understand almost 90% of the words whenever he interacted with the Nuer.

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It’s true. Just like wa meru, kikuyu na Aembu wanaskizana.

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Mimi Kimeru naskianga kama ni vita kila wakati.

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@WuTang The major Luo peoples of Sudan are actually the Shilluk, the Sudanese Acholi and the Anuak/Anywak(who are also found in Ethiopia).
The Luo of Uganda include the Acholi, Lango and the Padhola. The Alur are found in western Uganda and the eastern DRC. Then comes the Luo of Kenya and Tanzania who speak Dholuo, considered the standard Luo language. All the other Luo languages have a lexical similarity with Dholuo in the region of 75-90 percent. ( I once watched a BBC documentary about S. Sudan and I realised I got about 70 percent of a native subject’s interview without translation!)

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