Langon.adj.
/ˈlaŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈlæŋɡoʊ/ A. n.
a. A member of a village-dwelling people inhabiting the Nile region of Uganda.
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Galla1625
Afar1845
Nyasa1848
Kikuyu1849
Barotse1851
Makololo1853
Oromo1868
Baganda1872
Acholi1874
Makonde1883
Kamba1885
Luo1886
Ogoni1888
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Sebei1902
Suk1902
Wanderobo1902
Sapiny1909
Sandawe1924
Kipsigis1931
Pokot1937
1902 H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xv. 600 The land of Bukedi was then, as now..peopled by a warlike race of Nilotic Negroes, the modern Acholi, Lango, Umiro, etc.
1946 Uganda Jrnl. 10 16 The Lango are not Lwo, but instead are allied to the Karimojong.
1984 Times 1 Sept. 9/5 Brigadier Smith Opon-Acak is a Lango but not a ‘cousin’ or any relation of President Milton Obote.
b. The Nilotic language of this people.
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Acholi1874
Alur1883
Nuer1885
Lango1902
Shilluk1921
Luo1922
1902 H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xx. 887 There is an obvious relationship between the Masai and the Nilotic tongues—Dinka, Shiluk..Dyur, Shangala, Acholi, Aluru..Lango, and Ja-luo.
1923 J. H. Driberg Lango 10 I..have noticed that several Nilotic words used by the Akum, which do not occur in Lango, are nevertheless heard in Alur and Acholi.
B. adj.
Also Langi. Of or pertaining to the Lango or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > other peoples
Galla1710
Afar1845
Makololo1857
Baganda1872
Acholi1874
Makonde1876
Ogoni1888
Oromo1890
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Sebei1902
Suk1902
Luo1909
Sandawe1925
Wanderobo1935
Pokot1951
the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic > of or relating to Nilotic languages
Acholi1874
Alur1888
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Suk1902
Teso1902
Luo1909
Nandi1909
Masai1947
Kalenjin1957
1902 C. W. Hobley Eastern Uganda i. 7 Elgumi or Wamia (Lango stock?).
1973 Reader's Digest Feb. 186/1 The enlisted men of Uganda's army—angry because he had been packing it with men from his own Langi tribe—rose up and seized the government.
1976 D. Topolski Muzungu vi. 107 We were now crossing Langi country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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