Talk:Acholi dialect

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Examples[edit]

Words and phrases below pulled out of the article; this sort of content is better off at Wikibooks or Wikitravel. — mark ✎ 13:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Examples[edit]

English	Acholi
I want water	amito pii
I am thirsty	oryo pi tye kaneka
Thank you	apwoyo
Infant, Baby, Child	latin
Pupil, Student	latin kwan
Sit	bed
Stand, stop	cung
Hunger	kec
I am starved	kec nega
Father	baba
Mother	mama
God	lubanga
God (spirit)	jok
To help	Kony
Man	Lacoo
Woman	Dako
Boy	Awobi
Girl	Anyaka
Youth	Bulu
Book	Buk
Paper	Pot karatac
Pen	Kalam
Pencil	Kalam kalo
Shorts	Curuwal
Trousers	Curuwal long
Table	meca
Chair	kom
Cup	kikobo
Plate	atabo
Platter	cania
Key	Layeb
Lock	Lafung
Leader	Latela

The problem with this sort of deletion is that it is not consistent across Language pages. I have no argument in principle, only that for the users' sake there should be a consistent guideline for contributors and sysops on this matter. --A12n 18:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External links[edit]

I deleted the Acholiteck link since it is apparently dead. Also, added a link to the PanAfriL10n page on the language (cluster). The latter is relevant as localization of less widely spoken languages is an emerging topic. --A12n 18:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Acholi language template[edit]

If you are a native speaker of Acholi then you can help translate this template into your own language:

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This user is a native speaker of Acholi.

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Acoli? Dialect?[edit]

Why is it called a "dialect"? Several books cited in references call it a "language".

And why is "Acoli" the spelling in the title? In Ethnologue, the English name and the autonym is "Acholi". --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 19:02, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since there weren't any replies, and it seems more sensible to call this "Acholi" and "language", I am moving Acoli dialect to Acholi language and Acoli people to Acholi people. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 08:25, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At 22:27, 28 December 2012‎ Kwamikagami moved page Talk:Acholi language to Talk:Acholi dialect – wbm1058 (talk) 13:13, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At 10:10, 7 July 2018‎ Ngunalik moved page Talk:Acholi dialect to Talk:Acoli dialect: Too many inconsistencies with the spelling. The correct spelling is ACOLI and not ACHOLI so tried to tidy pages to bring about consistency. – wbm1058 (talk) 13:16, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you could have read the article? Acholi is a dialect of Luo, mutually intelligible with other dialects. The speakers are ethnically distinct, but that's of little concern for classifying a language. And yes, AFAIK, "Acholi" is the normal spelling in English, so we should be there. — kwami (talk) 20:45, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

kwami, I've read the article. In this article, the part that says that it's mutually intelligible is marked as "dubious", the article Southern Luo language barely has any references at all, and a lot of cited books call it a "language". So it is really true that it's a dialect of Luo? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 12:15, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Amire80: Could be. I have no direct knowledge. I don't remember my source for claiming they're MI, but Ethnologue reports MI between all the branches of Southern Luo. If we're going to revert that (and we should be going off more evidence than just someone adding a 'dubious' tag to a WP article!), then the articles should be revised accordingly, rather than just moving the article and leaving the contradiction for our readers to solve on their own. If you don't want to revise the articles, then there are places where you can ask for them to be corrected, such as Wikiproject Languages. That should go together with any move. — kwami (talk) 00:04, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]