Aringa, also known as Low Lugbara, is a

Central Sudanic Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nige ...

language or dialect spoken by the

Aringa people The Aringa are a Central Sudanic ethnic group primarily residing in the rural areas of Yumbe District, located in the northwestern corner of Uganda. They are also found in other regions of the West Nile sub-region. The Aringa people are considered ...

in the West Nile region of

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 ...

. It is related to the languages spoken by the

Lugbara Lugbara may refer to: *Lugbara people *Lugbara language Lugbara, or Lugbarati, is the language of the Lugbara people. It is spoken in the West Nile region in northwestern Uganda, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Provi ...

and

Madi Multichannel Audio Digital Interface (MADI) standardized Standardization (American English) or standardisation (British English) is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties ...

peoples. Aringa is sometimes considered a dialect of

Lugbara language Lugbara, or Lugbarati, is the language of the Lugbara people. It is spoken in the West Nile region in northwestern Uganda, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Province with a little extension to the South Sudan as the Za ...

,Douglas Boone, Richard Watson, 1999.
Moru–Ma'di Survey Report.
SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 1999-001. other times a separate language. The speakers of Lugbara and

both consider Aringa to be a separate but related language. There are several divergent dialects: Andre, Kuluba, and Lebati.

References

Moru-Madi languages Languages of Uganda {{ns-lang-stub