Southern Luo language
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| Southern Luo | |
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| Region | Uganda and adjoining areas |
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Native speakers
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8.8 million (2001–2009)[1] |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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| Dialects |
Dholuo (Kavirondo Luo)
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | luo |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: adh – Adhola kdi – Kumam luo – Dholuo (Kavirondo Luo) alz – Alur laj – Lango ach – Acholi |
| Glottolog | sout2831[2] |
Southern Luo is a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries. Although Southern Luo dialects are mutually intelligible, there are six ethnically and culturally distinct varieties which are considered to be separate languages socially.
Varieties
References
- ↑ Adhola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kumam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Dholuo (Kavirondo Luo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Alur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Lango at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Acholi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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