Southern Luo language

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.

Southern Luo
RegionUganda and adjoining areas
Native speakers
8.8 million (2001–2009)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-2luo
ISO 639-3Variously:
adh – Adhola
kdi – Kumam
luo – Dholuo (Kavirondo Luo)
alz – Alur
laj – Lango
ach – Acholi
Glottologsout2831

Proto-Southern Luo has been reconstructed by Blount & Curley (1970).[2]

Varieties
  • Adhola (Uganda)
  • Kumam (Uganda)
  • Luo–Acholi
    • Dholuo (Kavirondo Luo) (Kenya, Tanzania)
    • Alur–Acholi
      • Alur (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Lango–Acholi

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. Blount, Ben and Curley, Richard T. 1970. The Southern Luo Languages: A Glottochronological Reconstruction. Journal of African Languages 9: 1-18.
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