Acholi (language)
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Uganda , Sudan | |
speaker | approx. 792,000 | |
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Acholi is one of the Luo languages that belong to the West Nilotic languages , which in turn are part of the Nilo-Saharan language family . It is spoken by about 792,000 people, mainly in Uganda (in Acholiland ) and in Magwi County in South Sudan .
Partly on Acholi wrote z. B. the Ugandan poet Okot p'Bitek (see also Lawinos song ).
literature
- JP Crazzolara: A study of the Acooli language: grammar and vocabulary . Oxford University Press, London 1938.
- Arthur Leonard Kitching: An outline grammar of the Acholi language . Sheldon Press, London a. The Uganda Bookshop, Kampala 1932 (first published 1907).
- Alfred Malandra: A New Acholi Grammar . Eagle Press, Kampala 1955, OCLC 896409881 (English, 159 pages).
- Festo Okidi: Acholi for beginners: grammar, Acholi-English, English-Acholi . Pilato Books, London 2000.
- GAR Savage: A Short Acoli-English and English-Acoli Vocabulary . Eagle Press, Kampala 1955, OCLC 317345408 (55 pp.).
Web links
- Acholi (language) in the World Atlas of Language Structures Online (English)
- Acholi . Ethnologue , Languages of the World
- Acholi . Language Encyclopedia (text sample)
- Rupiny (newspaper from Lira / Uganda in Acholi and Lango )