African Luo 2 English

 

The Lango (plural Langi) people live in Lango sub-region in the central area of Uganda, north of Lake Kyoga. Lango Sub-region comprises the districts of Amolatar, Apac, Dokolo, Lira and Oyam. The Lango population is about 1.5 million according to the 2002 population census.

Their language, Leb Lango or Luo, is mutually intelligible with Acholi and Kumam, and related to other Luo languages of Uganda and Kenya.

East African Luo

- Lango Language

(Rhinoceros is the tribal Symbol of the

Uganda Luo - Lango Speaking People).   

The Western Nilotic (Luo) language owes its origin to many, including the Lango of Uganda.They like their Northern neighbours, share many cultural characteristics with their Ateker (Eastern Nilotic) neighbours. 

 Some anthropologists assert that they are part of a group that migrated from Ethiopia around 1600 A.D. and split into two branches, with one branch moving to present day Kenya to form the Kalenjin group and Maasai cluster. The other branch, called Ateker, migrated westwards and entered Uganda from the north-east. Ateker further split into four groups to form the Karamojong, Iteso, Kumam and Lango. The Lango migrated further to the west, and there they encountered the Acholi, who they pushed northwards from the northern part of Lake Kyoga. Through prolonged interaction with the Acholi, Lango lost Ateker language and took up Luo spoken by their Acholi neighbours. Many Lango identify with the Luo, refuting the theory that they are Ateker.

Luo Language Origin - Related Link - http://tinyurl.com/2cqurb

Luo Gospel Music Translated to English

(MP3 Audio & Related Links Upcoming):

Aparo twatwa, gin ma yam Yecu tio

How I miss, the things that Jesus did 

Oyomo cwinya kono ceng atye ilobo
‘Makes me happy, how I wish I was there

Ocoko lwak itino, kono an dang angeo
He gathered many children, I wish I too knew

Ooho Yecu omaro litino, Yecu omaro jo ducu
Ooho Jesus loved children, Jesus loved everyone

Yecu omaro naka in, Yecu omaro naka an….
Jesus loved even you, Jesus loved even me…

Link to this Luo - Lango music page - 

http://www.tinyurl.com/2zakse

LINK TO THE AFRICAN LUO - LANGO TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING & TRANSLATION SITE MAP:

http://tinyurl.com/yug4ts

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The rhinoceros is a large, powerful, herbiverous mammal:
The political rhinoceros like all political animals, is known to
be very thick-skinned, sharp-witted, and slow-moving. It can
however move very fast  when in danger, maintaining equal
speed with some vehicles put at full speed limit. They are most 
sensitive about safety of their baby(-ies). Rhinos have large hairy
horns growing out of the middle of their faces. The average
rhino weighs 2000 tonnes as do many vehicles. The rhino
as a valuable animal is justifiably a great source of pride,
and is in some instances associated with measure of value
or of wealth - as a form of currency, money or cash.

With its quick speed and a short temper, subduing a rhino
can be dangerous or fatal. Rather than tackling one head
on, many human hunters have used safer methods, like trap
- ping them in pits where they can then be killed with
rocks or spears. The woolly rhinoceros's primary defense
against predators is its two horns.