Luo
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Fact corner
- Language: Luo
- Alternate names: Dholuo, Nilotic Kavirondo, Kavirondo Luo
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:luo
- Language family: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Luo, Southern, Luo-Acholi, Luo
- Number of speakers: 3,185,000
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Luo is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Nyanza Province, Kenya. It's also spoken in Tanzania.
The verb
Sample verb: ndiko
A F F I R M A T I V E | Future | Perfect tense/aspect | Present subjunctive | Present optative | Conditional | Jussive | Past perfect/pluperfect | Past subjunctive | |
| Sg.1 | abondiko | asendiko | onegandik | dipopandiko | dandiko | andik! | nasendiko | nonegandik | |
| Sg.2 | ibondiko | isendiko | onegindik | dipopindiko | dindiko | indik! | nisendiko | nonegindik | |
| Sg.3 | obondiko | osendiko | onegondik | dipopondiko | dondiko | ondik! | nosendiko | nonegondik | |
| Pl.1 | wabondiko | wasendiko | onegowandik | dipopwandiko | dewandiko | wandik! | newasendiko | nonegowandik | |
| Pl.2 | ubondiko | usendiko | onegundik | dipopundiko | deundiko | undik! | neusendiko | nonegoundik | |
| Pl.3 | gibondiko | gisendiko | onegogindik | dipopgindiko | degindiko | gindik! | negisendiko | nonegogindik | |
N E G A T I V E | Future | Past | Imperative/Jussive | ||||||
| Sg.1 | okabendiko | nokandiko | kikandik | ||||||
| Sg.2 | okibendiko | nokindiko | kikindik | ||||||
| Sg.3 | okobendiko | nokondiko | kikondik | ||||||
| Pl.1 | okwabendiko | nokwandiko | kikwandik | ||||||
| Pl.2 | okubendiko | nokundiko | kikundik | ||||||
| Pl.3 | ok'gibendiko | nok'gindiko | kik'gindik | ||||||