Southern Luo language

Southern Luo (Lwo)
Southern Luo (Lwo)
Region	South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the DRC
Ethnicity	Luo peoples
Native speakers	8.8 million (2001–2009)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Western Nilotic Luo Southern Luo (Lwo); ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Adhola; Kumam; Dholuo; Alur; Acholi; Lango;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	luo
ISO 639-3	Variously:; adh – Adhola; kdi – Kumam; luo – Dholuo; alz – Alur; laj – Lango; ach – Acholi
Glottolog	sout2831

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.

Proto-Southern Luo has been reconstructed by Blount & Curley (1970).

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