Luo languages

The Luo languages are a subgroup of the West Nilotic languages within the Nilo-Saharan language family . It consists of 15 languages.

structure

In the following structure of the Luo languages, the language code according to ISO 639-3 is given in square brackets and the main distribution area of ​​the individual languages ​​is given in round brackets:

• Northern group:
  • Anuak [anu] ( Sudan )
  • Boron: Belanda Bor [bxb] (Sudan)
  • Jur: Luwo [lwo] (Sudan)
  • Maban-Burun:
    • Maban:
      • Mabaan [mfz] (Sudan)
      • Jumjum [jum] (Sudan)
    • Burun [bdi] (Sudan)
  • Shilluk [shk] (Sudan)
  • Thuri [thu] (Sudan)
  • Unclassified: Päri [lkr] (Sudan)
• Southern group:
  • Adhola [adh] ( Uganda )
  • Kuman: Kumam [kdi] (Uganda)
  • Luo-Acholi:
    • Aluminum acholi:
      • Alur [alz] ( Democratic Republic of the Congo )
      • Lango acholi:
        • Lango [laj] (Uganda)
        • Acholi [ach] (Uganda)
    • Luo [luo] ( Kenya )

The largest languages ​​are Alur (approx. 1.2 million speakers) and Luo (approx. 3.5 million speakers).

Web links

• Ethnologue, Languages ​​of the World: Luo (language family tree)