Southern Luo
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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 languages which are generally classified as separate languages.
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
and neighboring countries. Although Southern Luo dialects are mutually intelligible, there are six ethnically and culturally distinct varieties languages which are generally classified as separate languages.
Varieties
- Adhola (Uganda)
- Kumam (Uganda)
- Luo–Acholi
- Dholuo (Luo proper) (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Alur–Acholi
- AlurAlur languageAlur is spoken in northwestern Uganda and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Alur people.Dialects*Jokot*Jonam *Mambisa*Wanyoro- Phonetics :VowelsAlur has 9 vowels....
(Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo) - Lango–Acholi
- Lango (Uganda)
- AcholiAcholi languageAcholi is a language primarily spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda. Acholi is also spoken in the southern part of the Opari District of South Sudan...
(Uganda)
- Alur