Southern Luo languages

Luo (also spelt LWO) dialect cluster spoken in Central Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Southern Luo languages are a subgroup of the Luo languages and form a dialect cluster spoken from Uganda and neighboring countries.

Native speakers
(8.8 million cited 2001–2009)[1]
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Southern Luo (Lwo)
Southern Lwoo
RegionSouth Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the DRC
EthnicityLuo peoples, Ateker peoples
Native speakers
(8.8 million cited 2001–2009)[1]
Early form
Proto-Southern Luo[2]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-2luo
ISO 639-3Variously:
adh  Adhola
kdi  Kumam
luo  Dholuo
alz  Alur
laj  Lango
ach  Acholi
Glottologsout2831
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Classification

The Southern Luo dialects are classified within the Glottolog database as follows:[3]

References

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