Welcome to Loba - start here

[Omollos]

Loba is an open corpus for the languages of East Africa, starting with Dholuo.

If you're here, you're one of the first contributors. That matters — the first 500 entries set the quality bar for everything that follows.

Introduce yourself below:

• What language(s) do you speak?
• What region are you from?
• What category do you want to contribute to first?

[Omollos]

I'll start:

• Languages I speak: Dholuo
• Region: Homa Bay (where I'm from/ where I learned it)
• Category I'm starting with: Proverbs

First entry:

Dholuo: Ywak ogwal ok mon dhiang' modho.
English: A croaking frog from does not deter a cow from drinking.
Context: Used to encourage someone to maintain focus and avoid distractions.
Region: Kisumu, Siaya, Homa bay, Migory (where applicable/ used)