Southern Luo is a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries. Although Southern Luo dialects are mutually intelligible,[citation needed] there are six ethnically and culturally distinct varieties which are considered to be separate languages socially.[citation needed]
| Southern Luo (Lwo) | |
|---|---|
| Region | South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the DRC |
| Ethnicity | Luo peoples |
Native speakers | 8.8 million (2001–2009)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
| |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | luo |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:adh – Adholakdi – Kumamluo – Dholuoalz – Alurlaj – Langoach – Acholi |
| Glottolog | sout2831 |
Proto-Southern Luo has been reconstructed by Blount & Curley (1970).[2]
Varieties
The Southern Luo dialects are classified within the Glottolog database as follows:[3]