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Neighbourhood:
Adjumani: Zoka Forest Reserve, Ara Fishing Lodge, Ogujebe Eco Lodge, Leisure Park, Ferry...
Ayivu: Onduparaka is the headquarters of Ayivu Clan; Greenlight Stadium hosts Onduparaka FC; Mt. Oci marks the boundary between Ayivu and Vurra; other places include: Adumi Hill, etc...
Koboko: Salia Musala (is where you can be in three republics at the same time about a 2-hour journey by car from Arua City), Awudi Caves, Giriye streetfood, Mt. Liru (Origin of Kakwa), Dabaracha Falls, River Kochi...
Madi Okollo: Ajai Wildlife (Game) Reserve is the White Rhino cradleland though has other animals like the Ugandan kob, enjoy shoebill (whale-headed stork) watching, River Ora Bridge, Rhino Camp, Stone music...
Maracha: Headquarters at Nyadri, visit Miriadua Falls, Alikua Pyramid, Lake Rokoze (in Nyoro), St. Joseph's Cathedral Ovujo, Tara Hills (eg Kodro, Gala, Kadri, Adrofiya, etc), 1991 Ojapi Air Raid sites including Woodland Peony Bomb-tree, Komendaku, Bango Cultural Centre Oleba, Koyi, Rivers Imve and Ayi...
Moyo: Predominantly Madi, visit Mt. Oce (Tallest in West Nile), Nyeri, Ilo, Metu Hills and Caves, Fort Dufile, Laropi Ferry Crossing, Era Forest, Moki Springs, Arapi Limestone Factory, Dolo Island (with black and white collobus monkeys, birds plus reptiles)...
Nebbi: Alurland, Biku Hill near Goli (Smallest Church on Earth), Paidha Hill, Agwara Dance...
Obongi: Opi Island, Boat cruise (Sailing), Comboni Missionaries Farm (Agrotourism), Sportfishing, Waka Forest, Obongi Ferry...
Orientale Province (DR Congo): There are about nine Lugbara clans in former Zaire; many place names have meanings in Lugbara...
Pakwach: Albert Nile Bridge, Wang Lei (Separation point of Alur and Acholi ancestors), Owiny(i) Total Solar Eclipse Monument (Sunday 3rd November 2013), Fort Emin Pasha in Wadelai...
South Sudan: According to Madi oral tradition, their tribe came from Nigeria and moved eastwards. At Rejaf near present-day Juba, a woman broke away at lunchtime to look for her missing lugba [desert dates] which she had wrapped in leaves. The group that moved southwards with her were called "Lugba ni" by the Madi. Lugbara is spoken in the republic and is mutually intelligible with Madi...
Terego: Headquarters at Leju, visit Mt. Wati, Olewa Falls, Onayi, Tooth Can Lost...
Vurra: Ovisoni, URA Customs, Isara Memorial Cultural and Community Library (IMCCL), Ezuku Forest Reserve (Source of River Enyau), Agoi Falls, Laura Hill, Meridien Tobacco Company, Logiri Forest, Bondo Hills...
Yumbe: Aringa is considered Low Lugbara (differences are not too many) though the clan broke away as a tribe on its own, visit Lodonga Basilica (1st in Sub-Saharan Africa though 4th Oldest on the continent with annual pilgrimage every 8th December), Yumbe Hospital, Agbinika Falls, Dubu Falls...
Zombo: Nyagak Hydropower Project, River Ora, Mt. Zeu, Alur Kingdom Palace, Tomb of Ubimo Jalusiga (1st Agofe of Lugbara Kari) and Chief Ajai, Agrotourism, Ngbungbu Falls, etc.

(CC) Aiko (Y2K-Now)
PARAMETERS:
Consonants do not have to be repeated when writing Lugbara eg Mekki = Meki; Oluffe = Olufe; Owaffa = Owafa; etc, but repeating vowels means something or becomes ambiguously redundant eg leta-a [in love]...
Every Lugbara word ends with a vowel eg simu [phone]...
In consonant clusters DJ, GB and KP, the first letter is silent eg odji = oji [wash]; gbanda = banda [cassava]; okpo = opo [power]. Meanwhile MV is pronounced NV eg omve [call] while NZ is pronounced NJ eg Inzikuru...
Letter C is always pronounced CH as in Church eg candi = chandi [sorrow]...
Letters Q and X are not used in Lugbara, but four unique ones are added with an apostrophe to indicate the sound H eg 'B = Bha, etc meaning the Simplified Lugbara Alphabet has 28 letters...
Some words have more than one meaning depending on the tone of the vowel(s) eg ai can mean salt, pray, beg or Atifiso Intelijensi, etc...
Various Lugbara dialects (Aringa, Ayivu, Maracha, Madi-Okolo, Terego, Vura, Zaki, etc) may pronounce words differently eg nya (in Ayivu) = na (in Terego) [eat]

SIMPLIFIED LUGBARA (The words below are exactly 140 though possible English meanings are so much more. Only letters Q and X are missing, but four new ones are added with an apostrophe representing the sound H):
aa ae ai ao au
ba be bi bo bu// 'ba 'be 'bi 'bo 'bu
ca ce ci co cu
da de di do du// 'da 'de 'di 'do 'du
ea ee ei eo eu
fa fe fi fo fu
ga ge gi go gu
ha he hi ho hu
ia ie ii io iu
ja je ji jo ju
ka ke ki ko ku
la le li lo lu
ma me mi mo mu
na ne ni no nu
oa oe oi oo ou
pa pe pi po pu
ra re ri ro ru
sa se si so su
ta te ti to tu
ua ue ui uo uu
va ve vi vo vu
wa we wi wo wu// 'wa 'we 'wi 'wo 'wu
ya ye yi yo yu// 'ya 'ye 'yi 'yo 'yu
za ze zi zo zu

DIPHTHONG CLUSTERS (25 pairs):
aa ae ai ao au
ea ee ei eo eu
ia ie ii io iu
oa oe oi oo ou
ua ue ui uo uu

LUGBARA MUSIC:
Black Harmony ("Eto") Lyrics
[INTRO:]
EMMANUEL LEDRA:
Aha, aha, anzi akuari eca'bo, ee, o'di o'di be?
Drinikulu ri kini: Ondo le 'ba ma dro ku. Ee?
[Iya mi ci, ido mi ci! 4x]
Lugbara le 'di yo!
Wupi, ii! Wi!

[CHORUS:]
EMMANUEL LEDRA
(ROBERT ADIMA):
Mama we, ma we 'do,
(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).
Mama eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te,
(Kani tiku ni yo).
Ma ati maye, ma we 'do,
(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).
Dadi eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te 'do,
(Kani tiku ni yo).
Mama we, ma we 'do,
(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).
Mama eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te,
(Kani tiku ni yo).
Ma ati maye, ma we 'do,
(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).
Dadi eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te 'do,
(Kani tiku ni yo)!

[VERSE 1:]
Eto katro afa nya tro ti eni be ra,
A 'yo 'di, eri ma okpo ni deni.
Mami la, mama eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te 'do,
(Kani 'ba zi lu MUNGU-i)!
Eto katro afa mbe tro ti eni be,
Kani eri ma okpo ni de ni ya,
A 'yo 'di, mami eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te,
(Kani tiku ni yo)!

Neighbourhood:

Adjumani: Zoka Forest Reserve, Ara Fishing Lodge, Ogujebe Eco Lodge, Leisure Park, Ferry...

Ayivu: Onduparaka is the headquarters of Ayivu Clan; Greenlight Stadium hosts Onduparaka FC; Mt. Oci marks the boundary between Ayivu and Vurra; other places include: Adumi Hill, etc...

Koboko: Salia Musala (is where you can be in three republics at the same time about a 2-hour journey by car from Arua City), Awudi Caves, Giriye streetfood, Mt. Liru (Origin of Kakwa), Dabaracha Falls, River Kochi...

Madi Okollo: Ajai Wildlife (Game) Reserve is the White Rhino cradleland though has other animals like the Ugandan kob, enjoy shoebill (whale-headed stork) watching, River Ora Bridge, Rhino Camp, Stone music...

Maracha: Headquarters at Nyadri, visit Miriadua Falls, Alikua Pyramid, Lake Rokoze (in Nyoro), St. Joseph's Cathedral Ovujo, Tara Hills (eg Kodro, Gala, Kadri, Adrofiya, etc), 1991 Ojapi Air Raid sites including Woodland Peony Bomb-tree, Komendaku, Bango Cultural Centre Oleba, Koyi, Rivers Imve and Ayi...

Moyo: Predominantly Madi, visit Mt. Oce (Tallest in West Nile), Nyeri, Ilo, Metu Hills and Caves, Fort Dufile, Laropi Ferry Crossing, Era Forest, Moki Springs, Arapi Limestone Factory, Dolo Island (with black and white collobus monkeys, birds plus reptiles)...

Nebbi: Alurland, Biku Hill near Goli (Smallest Church on Earth), Paidha Hill, Agwara Dance...

Obongi: Opi Island, Boat cruise (Sailing), Comboni Missionaries Farm (Agrotourism), Sportfishing, Waka Forest, Obongi Ferry...

Orientale Province (DR Congo): There are about nine Lugbara clans in former Zaire; many place names have meanings in Lugbara...

Pakwach: Albert Nile Bridge, Wang Lei (Separation point of Alur and Acholi ancestors), Owiny(i) Total Solar Eclipse Monument (Sunday 3rd November 2013), Fort Emin Pasha in Wadelai...

South Sudan: According to Madi oral tradition, their tribe came from Nigeria and moved eastwards. At Rejaf near present-day Juba, a woman broke away at lunchtime to look for her missing lugba [desert dates] which she had wrapped in leaves. The group that moved southwards with her were called "Lugba ni" by the Madi. Lugbara is spoken in the republic and is mutually intelligible with Madi...

Terego: Headquarters at Leju, visit Mt. Wati, Olewa Falls, Onayi, Tooth Can Lost...

Vurra: Ovisoni, URA Customs, Isara Memorial Cultural and Community Library (IMCCL), Ezuku Forest Reserve (Source of River Enyau), Agoi Falls, Laura Hill, Meridien Tobacco Company, Logiri Forest, Bondo Hills...

Yumbe: Aringa is considered Low Lugbara (differences are not too many) though the clan broke away as a tribe on its own, visit Lodonga Basilica (1st in Sub-Saharan Africa though 4th Oldest on the continent with annual pilgrimage every 8th December), Yumbe Hospital, Agbinika Falls, Dubu Falls...

Zombo: Nyagak Hydropower Project, River Ora, Mt. Zeu, Alur Kingdom Palace, Tomb of Ubimo Jalusiga (1st Agofe of Lugbara Kari) and Chief Ajai, Agrotourism, Ngbungbu Falls, etc.

(CC) Aiko (Y2K-Now)

PARAMETERS:

Consonants do not have to be repeated when writing Lugbara eg Mekki = Meki; Oluffe = Olufe; Owaffa = Owafa; etc, but repeating vowels means something or becomes ambiguously redundant eg leta-a [in love]...

Every Lugbara word ends with a vowel eg simu [phone]...

In consonant clusters DJ, GB and KP, the first letter is silent eg odji = oji [wash]; gbanda = banda [cassava]; okpo = opo [power]. Meanwhile MV is pronounced NV eg omve [call] while NZ is pronounced NJ eg Inzikuru...

Letter C is always pronounced CH as in Church eg candi = chandi [sorrow]...

Letters Q and X are not used in Lugbara, but four unique ones are added with an apostrophe to indicate the sound H eg 'B = Bha, etc meaning the Simplified Lugbara Alphabet has 28 letters...

Some words have more than one meaning depending on the tone of the vowel(s) eg ai can mean salt, pray, beg or Atifiso Intelijensi, etc...

Various Lugbara dialects (Aringa, Ayivu, Maracha, Madi-Okolo, Terego, Vura, Zaki, etc) may pronounce words differently eg nya (in Ayivu) = na (in Terego) [eat]

SIMPLIFIED LUGBARA (The words below are exactly 140 though possible English meanings are so much more. Only letters Q and X are missing, but four new ones are added with an apostrophe representing the sound H):

aa ae ai ao au

ba be bi bo bu// 'ba 'be 'bi 'bo 'bu

ca ce ci co cu

da de di do du// 'da 'de 'di 'do 'du

ea ee ei eo eu

fa fe fi fo fu

ga ge gi go gu

ha he hi ho hu

ia ie ii io iu

ja je ji jo ju

ka ke ki ko ku

la le li lo lu

ma me mi mo mu

na ne ni no nu

oa oe oi oo ou

pa pe pi po pu

ra re ri ro ru

sa se si so su

ta te ti to tu

ua ue ui uo uu

va ve vi vo vu

wa we wi wo wu// 'wa 'we 'wi 'wo 'wu

ya ye yi yo yu// 'ya 'ye 'yi 'yo 'yu

za ze zi zo zu

DIPHTHONG CLUSTERS (25 pairs):

aa ae ai ao au

ea ee ei eo eu

ia ie ii io iu

oa oe oi oo ou

ua ue ui uo uu

LUGBARA MUSIC:

Black Harmony ("Eto") Lyrics

[INTRO:]

EMMANUEL LEDRA:

Aha, aha, anzi akuari eca'bo, ee, o'di o'di be?

Drinikulu ri kini: Ondo le 'ba ma dro ku. Ee?

[Iya mi ci, ido mi ci! 4x]

Lugbara le 'di yo!

Wupi, ii! Wi!

[CHORUS:]

EMMANUEL LEDRA

(ROBERT ADIMA):

Mama we, ma we 'do,

(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).

Mama eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te,

(Kani tiku ni yo).

Ma ati maye, ma we 'do,

(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).

Dadi eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te 'do,

(Kani tiku ni yo).

Mama we, ma we 'do,

(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).

Mama eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te,

(Kani tiku ni yo).

Ma ati maye, ma we 'do,

(Eto ni ma aza ko ala ku).

Dadi eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te 'do,

(Kani tiku ni yo)!

[VERSE 1:]

Eto katro afa nya tro ti eni be ra,

A 'yo 'di, eri ma okpo ni deni.

Mami la, mama eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te 'do,

(Kani 'ba zi lu MUNGU-i)!

Eto katro afa mbe tro ti eni be,

Kani eri ma okpo ni de ni ya,

A 'yo 'di, mami eto tiniku, cika ma eri dro te,

(Kani tiku ni yo)!