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"I grew up not knowing much about the Lugbara heritage, but got tired of not seeing myself represented in a lot of things as a Lugbara... (A)nother brother (Pajombo or PJ)... wanted to elevate Lugbara through media... We needed sources. Online was you that I got from Blogspot..." - Hillary Nickson Ayiko (who studied in Jinja), on Monday 11th September 2023

"Good evening, Aiko Graphics! What is the name of these in Lugbarati: 1. Camel, 2. Ostrich? I had to talk to Google and found you. And I knew you would not fail me. My son is now a happy man. He is in P5. They were asked in Lugbarati to go back to school on Tuesday with the answers...// My Professor of Lugbarati (270224)..." - Derimah, on Friday 6th October 2023

"What does "afazi" mean? We heard it on the radio..." - Gift Kembabazi & Elijah from Kamwenge, in January 2024

"That passion you have is value for the future generations... (S)ource of legit info. Keep it up..." - Desmond Stephen Andama (Cousin in Somalia), on Sunday 18th February 2024

"Thanks for the detailed information I appreciate..." - Baron Philip Kasozi, on Thursday 22nd February 2024

"Do you have a PDF of your dictionary?" - Dennis Jung (in Germany)

"Thank you bro for your initiative to have the Lugbara ti Dictionary. I've been a great follower of your blog..." - John Bosco Asibuku (aka Jeybee Pop Auden), on Friday 21st June 2024

"I used to love learning Lugbara language from your site but it has been blocked and can't access it anymore. Is there a new site where we can access that information?" - Felix Kuteesa via Wikipedia, on 15th August 2024 (I had changed the URL, but then reverted it)

"I contacted you in 2018 and I keep looking at your Lugbara blogs. Have you thought about writing a book? I have always wanted to know about our history, culture, language. I was born in Arua but grew up in Kakira - Jinja. Your blogs made me research and get old Lugbara textbooks... I bless GOD for your life. You are called to make Lugbara known to the world... If West Africans have language similarities to Lugbara, when did we separate... The Aringa connived with the Government to be called a tribe... Aringa is just a dialect. Not a tribe. Similar to Rigbo, Terego, etc... Difference is less than 100 words. I have travelled much of our land and analysed some of the various differences including being in Moyo and Adjumani. My paternal grandparents moved to Lodonga in Yumbe in the 1950s so all my mother's side are in Yumbe and speak Aringa. No difference... I admire the way our descendants will have access to all this information after the hardwork you are putting into this project..." - Gilbert Adima via WhatsApp, on Wednesday 11th December 2024 [while I was preparing to publish my Lugbara Dictionary on Amazon Kindle; submitted it three days later though drafted book cover on Sunday 8th December 2024 after a dream about Belinda Kakwanzi (Fundi Bots) and RS Elvis]

"Thank you for using your talent..." - Aunt Dina Alokore in Yumbe

"Our man Edward the record keeper and note-taker of the family. We thank GOD for this wisdom! This is always nice..." - Monica Driwaru Ecodu on Saturday 28th December 2024

"Your talent in graphics has always amazed me... honestly one of the coolest people I've ever met... Your creativity and passion for learning are already a solid foundation... Natural talent... You approach things with excellence..." - Onya Kokas, ICT Engineer from Teso, but working in Zambia on Wednesday 1st January 2025

"Let’s design a powerful, foolproof plan to teach ChatGPT (the world’s largest language model) Lugbara properly, once and for all. It's really up to us. Bazungu won't do it for us. They've done it for their languages... This is all because no one or institution has bothered to input data for ChatGPT to consume in order to "understand" Lugbara. This leaves us behind and isolated. Some action has to be taken... We definitely need the input of Lugbara Kari in this... Otherwise your point about publishing Lugbara works on the internet is another way AI could access what it usually believes is authentic. But this alone could take an extended duration of time. We need a better shortcut..." - Paps Paps (Sunday 10th August 2025)

"(I')m conducting a research study on the vocabulary comparison between Teregoti and Ayivuti. My challenge is that... I didn't grow up in the community that could enable me learn my language. And so I got your contact from some PDF on Google while I was searching for history about the Lugbara... I appreciate your work so much..." - Agnes Ceniru, pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in English and Literature on Saturday 4th October 2025

"Very cool! Important work :)..." - Buster Franken (+31 6 24877967)

"That's good work, brother, you have done it for us all..." - Mildred Maneno, maternal cousin on Tuesday 7th October 2025

"Read the 2011 Lugbara Kari Constitution... At campus, you used to be very peaceful and the Youngest Lugbara I knew..." - Manase Yuma Amuku (4th Agofe) on Sunday 2nd November 2025

"I saw your Lugbara post about pronunciation; it was nice!" - Asher Faith Bania (Lugbaraganda) on Wednesday 5th November 2025

"You should be given a position in Lugbara Kari..." - Philip Mayonga on Thursday 061125

"Hullo there... I got your number from the Amazing World of Lugbara. Am a Muganda who enjoys Lugbara music. Thanks for the lyrics you posted. I was looking for the Etoo and Munyumunyu lyrics, but couldn't find them. Would be so glad if you could share them please. Thank you once again..." - Derrick (+256-749-799693) on Thursday 13th November 2025

"Got your number from Anjoa Scovia and told me you're a Lugbara teacher. If it's yes, can I inquire? I want to learn Lugbara language..." - +256-757-393810 (Ivan E.) on Friday 28th November 2025

"Can you translate English to Lugbara correctly? I saw you in (a) blog... We shall go far my friend, just wait... GOD has united us..." - Joseph Kilakuno Huruma in Tanzania (January 2026)

"Awa'difo leta si [Thanks for the love]..." - Atimango, an Alur on Sunday 1st February 2026

"The Central Sudanic People are over 66 African communities (less than 20 languages healthy and living while others extinct [dead] and endangered) from Central African Republic (majority), Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, DRC, Uganda and some parts of Cameroon... Personally, I do speak Madi ti, but I don't understand the Madi ti of Madi Okollo; they are more inclined towards Lugbara ti... Unlearn what you were taught in Planned Schools..." - Trinity Peace Gorondru in the Sudanic Academy (Friday 6th February 2026) paraphrased


Lugbara Supermobile (Lugbara Imagination):
Machines (Artificial Intelligence or AI) can be programmed to use Lugbara. Engineers, designers as well as Technology students in Ugandan schools eg Makerere University Kampala, Refactory, etc have always tinkered with this possibility. Machines can also teach or fine-tune themselves through Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) like I, Robot or Chappie, etc. Some great advancements towards this goal include the Lugbara Gboard (Next letter-prediction or automatic spelling-completion [auto-complete]/ correction) in Android phones plus mobile apps in Lugbarati eg Lugbara Bible, Ongo MUNGU Ni used in the Anglican Church of Uganda, etc; whoa! Below are translated commands you might see in the mega, super-smart Videophones of the future [Vidiosimu/ Supamobailu] or at a GSMA Mobile World Congress:

On [Idri]

Off [Anyu]

Power [Aci]

Menu, Selection or Options [Peta/ Peza/ Pezu]

Volume [Omgbo]

Play [Avi]

Home [Aku]

Save [Mba tani]

Back [Vile]

Forward [Drile]

Select or Choose [Pe]

OK [MUKE]

Call or Dial [Gba]

Yes [Ee]

No [Yo]

1 Missed Call(s) [Gbata icezaru 1 (Alu)]

Receive [Ai]

Reject [Ga]

Ringtones [Awu]

Radio [Redio]

Volume [Omgbo]

Music [Ongo]

Recorder [Rekoda]

Sound(s) [O'duko]

"I grew up not knowing much about the Lugbara heritage, but got tired of not seeing myself represented in a lot of things as a Lugbara... (A)nother brother (Pajombo or PJ)... wanted to elevate Lugbara through media... We needed sources. Online was you that I got from Blogspot..." - Hillary Nickson Ayiko (who studied in Jinja), on Monday 11th September 2023

"Good evening, Aiko Graphics! What is the name of these in Lugbarati: 1. Camel, 2. Ostrich? I had to talk to Google and found you. And I knew you would not fail me. My son is now a happy man. He is in P5. They were asked in Lugbarati to go back to school on Tuesday with the answers...// My Professor of Lugbarati (270224)..." - Derimah, on Friday 6th October 2023

"What does "afazi" mean? We heard it on the radio..." - Gift Kembabazi & Elijah from Kamwenge, in January 2024

"That passion you have is value for the future generations... (S)ource of legit info. Keep it up..." - Desmond Stephen Andama (Cousin in Somalia), on Sunday 18th February 2024

"Thanks for the detailed information I appreciate..." - Baron Philip Kasozi, on Thursday 22nd February 2024

"Do you have a PDF of your dictionary?" - Dennis Jung (in Germany)

"Thank you bro for your initiative to have the Lugbara ti Dictionary. I've been a great follower of your blog..." - John Bosco Asibuku (aka Jeybee Pop Auden), on Friday 21st June 2024

"I used to love learning Lugbara language from your site but it has been blocked and can't access it anymore. Is there a new site where we can access that information?" - Felix Kuteesa via Wikipedia, on 15th August 2024 (I had changed the URL, but then reverted it)

"I contacted you in 2018 and I keep looking at your Lugbara blogs. Have you thought about writing a book? I have always wanted to know about our history, culture, language. I was born in Arua but grew up in Kakira - Jinja. Your blogs made me research and get old Lugbara textbooks... I bless GOD for your life. You are called to make Lugbara known to the world... If West Africans have language similarities to Lugbara, when did we separate... The Aringa connived with the Government to be called a tribe... Aringa is just a dialect. Not a tribe. Similar to Rigbo, Terego, etc... Difference is less than 100 words. I have travelled much of our land and analysed some of the various differences including being in Moyo and Adjumani. My paternal grandparents moved to Lodonga in Yumbe in the 1950s so all my mother's side are in Yumbe and speak Aringa. No difference... I admire the way our descendants will have access to all this information after the hardwork you are putting into this project..." - Gilbert Adima via WhatsApp, on Wednesday 11th December 2024 [while I was preparing to publish my Lugbara Dictionary on Amazon Kindle; submitted it three days later though drafted book cover on Sunday 8th December 2024 after a dream about Belinda Kakwanzi (Fundi Bots) and RS Elvis]

"Thank you for using your talent..." - Aunt Dina Alokore in Yumbe

"Our man Edward the record keeper and note-taker of the family. We thank GOD for this wisdom! This is always nice..." - Monica Driwaru Ecodu on Saturday 28th December 2024

"Your talent in graphics has always amazed me... honestly one of the coolest people I've ever met... Your creativity and passion for learning are already a solid foundation... Natural talent... You approach things with excellence..." - Onya Kokas, ICT Engineer from Teso, but working in Zambia on Wednesday 1st January 2025

"Let’s design a powerful, foolproof plan to teach ChatGPT (the world’s largest language model) Lugbara properly, once and for all. It's really up to us. Bazungu won't do it for us. They've done it for their languages... This is all because no one or institution has bothered to input data for ChatGPT to consume in order to "understand" Lugbara. This leaves us behind and isolated. Some action has to be taken... We definitely need the input of Lugbara Kari in this... Otherwise your point about publishing Lugbara works on the internet is another way AI could access what it usually believes is authentic. But this alone could take an extended duration of time. We need a better shortcut..." - Paps Paps (Sunday 10th August 2025)

"(I')m conducting a research study on the vocabulary comparison between Teregoti and Ayivuti. My challenge is that... I didn't grow up in the community that could enable me learn my language. And so I got your contact from some PDF on Google while I was searching for history about the Lugbara... I appreciate your work so much..." - Agnes Ceniru, pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in English and Literature on Saturday 4th October 2025

"Very cool! Important work :)..." - Buster Franken (+31 6 24877967)

"That's good work, brother, you have done it for us all..." - Mildred Maneno, maternal cousin on Tuesday 7th October 2025

"Read the 2011 Lugbara Kari Constitution... At campus, you used to be very peaceful and the Youngest Lugbara I knew..." - Manase Yuma Amuku (4th Agofe) on Sunday 2nd November 2025

"I saw your Lugbara post about pronunciation; it was nice!" - Asher Faith Bania (Lugbaraganda) on Wednesday 5th November 2025

"You should be given a position in Lugbara Kari..." - Philip Mayonga on Thursday 061125

"Hullo there... I got your number from the Amazing World of Lugbara. Am a Muganda who enjoys Lugbara music. Thanks for the lyrics you posted. I was looking for the Etoo and Munyumunyu lyrics, but couldn't find them. Would be so glad if you could share them please. Thank you once again..." - Derrick (+256-749-799693) on Thursday 13th November 2025

"Got your number from Anjoa Scovia and told me you're a Lugbara teacher. If it's yes, can I inquire? I want to learn Lugbara language..." - +256-757-393810 (Ivan E.) on Friday 28th November 2025

"Can you translate English to Lugbara correctly? I saw you in (a) blog... We shall go far my friend, just wait... GOD has united us..." - Joseph Kilakuno Huruma in Tanzania (January 2026)

"Awa'difo leta si [Thanks for the love]..." - Atimango, an Alur on Sunday 1st February 2026

"The Central Sudanic People are over 66 African communities (less than 20 languages healthy and living while others extinct [dead] and endangered) from Central African Republic (majority), Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, DRC, Uganda and some parts of Cameroon... Personally, I do speak Madi ti, but I don't understand the Madi ti of Madi Okollo; they are more inclined towards Lugbara ti... Unlearn what you were taught in Planned Schools..." - Trinity Peace Gorondru in the Sudanic Academy (Friday 6th February 2026) paraphrased

Lugbara Supermobile (Lugbara Imagination):

Machines (Artificial Intelligence or AI) can be programmed to use Lugbara. Engineers, designers as well as Technology students in Ugandan schools eg Makerere University Kampala, Refactory, etc have always tinkered with this possibility. Machines can also teach or fine-tune themselves through Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) like I, Robot or Chappie, etc. Some great advancements towards this goal include the Lugbara Gboard (Next letter-prediction or automatic spelling-completion [auto-complete]/ correction) in Android phones plus mobile apps in Lugbarati eg Lugbara Bible, Ongo MUNGU Ni used in the Anglican Church of Uganda, etc; whoa! Below are translated commands you might see in the mega, super-smart Videophones of the future [Vidiosimu/ Supamobailu] or at a GSMA Mobile World Congress:

On [Idri]

Off [Anyu]

Power [Aci]

Menu, Selection or Options [Peta/ Peza/ Pezu]

Volume [Omgbo]

Play [Avi]

Home [Aku]

Save [Mba tani]

Back [Vile]

Forward [Drile]

Select or Choose [Pe]

OK [MUKE]

Call or Dial [Gba]

Yes [Ee]

No [Yo]

1 Missed Call(s) [Gbata icezaru 1 (Alu)]

Receive [Ai]

Reject [Ga]

Ringtones [Awu]

Radio [Redio]

Volume [Omgbo]

Music [Ongo]

Recorder [Rekoda]

Sound(s) [O'duko]