Southern Luo language

Southern Luo
Region Uganda and adjoining areas
Native speakers
8.8 million (2001–2009)[1]
Dialects
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

  1. 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)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Southern Lwoo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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