Southern Luo is a
dialect cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated vari ...
of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country 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 south by Tanzania. The south ...
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.
Proto-Southern Luo has been reconstructed by Blount & Curley (1970).
[Blount, Ben and Curley, Richard T. 1970. The Southern Luo Languages: A Glottochronological Reconstruction. Journal of African Languages 9: 1-18.]
Varieties
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Acholi Acholi may refer to:
* Acholi people, a Luo nation of Uganda, in the Northern part of the country.
* Acholi language
Acholi (also Leb Acoli, or Leb Lwo) is a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu District, ...
*Adhola-Alur-Luo
**
Adhola-
luo
**
Alur
*Kumam
References
Luo languages
Languages of Uganda
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