Luwo
Luwo is a Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan.
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Luwo (Luo, Dheluwo), is a language spoken by the Luo people of Bahr el Ghazal region in South Sudan. The language is predominantly spoken in the western and northern parts of Bahr el Ghazal. The Luwo form a majority in the Jur River County.
The language is part of the Luo languages of East Africa and is especially related to the languages of South Sudan such as Anyuak and Päri with whom it forms a dialect cluster.
From Wikipedia · Jur language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Luwo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 8ano* | |
| name | 5iN* | |
| eye | xoN* | |
| ear | yiC* | |
| nose | xum* | |
| tooth | leyo* | |
| tongue | lEb* | |
| hand | CiNo* | |
| blood | remo* | |
| bone | Co* | |
| skin | del* | |
| knee | CuN* | |
| breast | kEu* | |
| water | pii | |
| fire | mac* | |
| sun | CEN* | |
| star | Cyero* | |
| stone | lElo* | |
| mountain | wigot* | |
| night | wEr* | |
| dog | gwok* | |
| fish | reyo* | |
| one | aCyelo* | |
| two | aryou* | |
| I | an* | |
| you | in* | |
| we | oan* | |
| drink | ma8* | |
| see | nido* | |
| hear | liN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- PäriNilotic59% alike
- AnuakNilotic53% alike
- ShillukNilotic53% alike
- AdholaNilotic52% alike
- Lango (Uganda)Nilotic50% alike
- Belanda BorNilotic49% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · luwo1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · lwo