Dholuo

American

[doh-loo-oh] / doʊˈlu oʊ /

noun

one of the closely related Nilotic languages of the Luo people, spoken in Kenya and Tanzania.

adjective

relating to or being a Nilotic language of the Luo people, spoken in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Dholuo

The languages recorded included Kikuyu and Dholuo in Kenya, Hausa and Yoruba in Nigeria and isiZulu and Tshivenda in South Africa, some of which are spoken by millions of people.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

"I can hear them. They are coming to destroy us," he shouts in his mother tongue, Dholuo.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023

Lydia Tala, a Kenyan GiveDirectly staff member, got up to address the group in Dholuo.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2017

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