The Southern Luo languages are a subgroup of the Luo languages and form a

dialect cluster A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or iso ...

spoken from

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

and neighboring countries.

Classification

The Southern Luo dialects are classified within the

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database as follows: * Southern Lwoo ** Acholi ** Adhola–Alur–Luo *** Adhola–Luo **** Adhola ****

Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) The Luo are a Nilotic-speaking ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania. The Luo are the fourth-largest ethnic group (10.65%) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (17.13%), the Luhya (14.35%) and the Kalenjin (1 ...

*** Alur ** Lango–Kumam *** Kumam *** Lango (Uganda)

References

Luo languages Languages of Uganda {{ns-lang-stub