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Adhola, also known as ''Jopadhola'' and ''Ludama'', is a dialect of Southern Luo spoken by the Adhola people ( ''Jopadhola'' or ''Badama'') of Uganda.〔(OLAC Language Resource Catalog )〕 Dhopadhola is generally mutually intelligible with Acholi, Lango, Kumam, and Alur of Uganda and Dholuo of Kenya. The prefix ''dho'' means "language of". It can be attached to a nationality or speech community to imply the language of such a people. ''jo'' means "people of". The infix ''pa'' means possessive 'of'. ''Dhopadhola'' thus means the language spoken in Padhola. ''Padhola'' is the area or region where Dhopadhola is spoken. ''Jopadhola'' is the plural of ''Japadhola''; a person who speaks Dhopadhola. Hence, ''Jopadhola'' are speakers of Dhopadhola. ''Ja'' is a prefix meaning the 'doer' or a person belonging to a particular place or position. The plural is ''Jo''. That is, people who do something or belong to a particular place or organisation. For instance ''Jafwonji'' means a teacher. ''Jofwonji'' means teachers. ''Jawer'' means a singer. ''Jower'' means singers. ''Janywol'' means a parent. ''Jonywol'' means parents. ''Japach'' means a carpenter. ''Jopach'' means carpenters. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adhola dialect」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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