This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Luo. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Ďoluo/Dholuo
The Luo alternative orthography

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# Proposed letter Current letter IPA

1

A a

 А а

[a]

2

B b

B b

[β]

3

C c

Ch ch

 [c]

4

 D d D d [d]

5

 Ď ď Dh dh [d̪~ð]
6

E e

 E e

[e~ɛ]

7

 F f F f [f]

8

 G g G g [g]
9

H h

 H h

[h]

10

I i

I i

[i~ɪ]
11

J j

 J j

[ɟ]
12

K k

K k

[k]
13 L l L l [l]

14

M m

M m

[m]

15

 Mb mb Mb mb [ᵐb]
16

N n

N n

[n]
17 Nd nd Nd nd [ⁿd]
18 Ŋ ŋ Ng' ng' [ŋ]

19

 Ŋg ŋg Ng ng [ᵑɡ]
20 Ñ ñ Ny ny [ɲ]

21

 Ñj ñj Nj nj [ᶮɟ]

22

 O o O o [o~ɔ]

23

 P p P p [p]
24

R r

R r

[r]
25 S s S s [s]

26

T t

T t

[t]
27 Ť ť Th th [t̪~θ]
28 U u U u [u~ʊ]
29 W w W w [w]
30

Y y

 Y y

[j]
There would not be letters q(u), v, x, z, which would be replaced by k(w), f, ks, s, respectively.

Text example
John 1:5

Kar cakruok Wac ne nitie, kendo Wac ne nikod Ñasaye, kendo Wac ne en Ñasaye. Ne en gi Ñasaye kar cakruok. Gik moko duto nocwe kuome, kendo ka dine ooŋge to oŋge gima dine ocwe mosecwe. Ŋgima ne ni kuome, kendo ŋgimano ne en ler mar ji. Lerno rieñ ei muďo, to oďiero muďo wiñjo.

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