Luo

About Luo

Luo, also called Dholuo, is the language of the Luo people around Lake Victoria in western Kenya and northern Tanzania. It is one of the largest languages of Kenya and belongs to the Nilotic family, so it is not related to Swahili or the Bantu languages spoken around it. Luo is a tonal language, and many of its speakers also speak Swahili and English.

FamilyNilotic (Western Nilotic)
Where spokenKenya, Tanzania
ScriptLatin alphabet
Codeluo (ISO 639-3)

Classification: Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.

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