Concept information
Preferred term
achAcoli
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Acholi (also Acoli, Akoli, Acooli, Atscholi, Shuli, Gang, Lwoo, Lwo, Lok Acoli, Dok Acoli) is a language primarily spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda. Acholi is also spoken in the southern part of the Opari District of South Sudan. As of 1996 there were reported approximately 773,800 Acholi speakers in the world. However this has gradually grown to over 800,000. Song of Lawino and its sequel, Song of Ocol, well known among African literature, were written in Acholi by Okot p'Bitek.
Entry terms
- Acholi language
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- ach
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- ach
ISO 639-3 code
- ach
Notation
- ach
In other languages
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acoli
French
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Acholi
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Acholi
German
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Acholi-Sprache
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acioli
Italian
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Portuguese
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Língua acholi
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acoli
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ach
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