Dholuo

The Dholuo dialect pronounced or Nilotic Kavirondo, is the dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.2 million Luo people of Kenya in addition to Tanzania, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria & areas to the south. it is for used for broadcasts on KBC Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, formerly the Voice of Kenya.

Dholuo is mutually intelligible with Alur, Lango, Acholi and Adhola of Uganda. Dholuo and the aforementioned Uganda languages are all linguistically related to Jur chol of South Sudan and Anuak of Ethiopia due to common ethnic origins of the larger Luo peoples who speak Luo languages.

It is estimated that Dholuo has 90% lexical similarity with Lep Alur Alur, 83% with Lep Achol Acholi, 81% with Lango, and 93% with Dhopadhola Adhola. However, these are often counted as separate languages despite common ethnic origins due to linguistic shift occasioned by geographical movement.

Grammar

Dholuo is notable for its complex phonological alternations, which are used, among other things, in distinguishing inalienable possession from alienable. The first example is a case of alienable possession, as the bone is not element of the dog.

The coming after or as a or done as a reaction to a impeach of. is however an example of inalienable possession, the bone being component of the cow: