Meaning of Acholi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
   in-plural, often
2. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by this people, in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda.

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Examples

“To him every Acholi was a rebel, …. Every time we captured an Acholi, we had to kill them, and Drago hated this.”

“The Acholis had barely given up hunting over a generation and now were growing the main cashcrops which were [...]. When further asked what would be the bride price for an Acholi, he blandly stated it as 100 shillings; ...”

CEFR level