Jur language

Luwo
Luwo
Jur
Native to	South Sudan
Region	Bahr el Ghazal
Ethnicity	Luwo people
Native speakers	260,000 (2017)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Western Nilotic languages Luo Northern Jur languages Luwo; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lwo
Glottolog	luwo1239

Luwo (Luo, Dheluwo), is a language spoken by the Luo people of Bahr el Ghazal region in South Sudan. The language is predominantly spoken in the western and northern parts of Bahr el Ghazal. The Luwo form a majority in the Jur River County.

The language is part of the Luo languages of East Africa and is especially related to the languages of South Sudan such as Anyuak and Päri with whom it forms a dialect cluster.

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