The Northern Luo languages are a subgroup of the
Luo languages
The dozen Luo, Lwo or Lwoian languages are spoken by the Luo peoples in an area ranging from southern Sudan to western Ethiopia to southern Kenya, with Dholuo extending into northern Tanzania and Alur into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
that are spoken in
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
and
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
.
Classification
Northern Luo is classified by Glottolog as follows:
*Northern Lwoo
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Anuak
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Belanda Bor
**Luwo-Thuri
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Luwo
The Luo are a Nilotic peoples, Nilotic ethnic group that live in Western Bhar Gazal, South Sudan. They are part of a larger group of ethno-linguistically related Luo peoples, Luo people of East Africa. They speak the Jur language, Luo language
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Thuri
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Päri
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Shilluk
According to Mechthild Reh, the Northern Luo languages are classified as follows:
[Reh, Mechthild (1996): ''Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions''. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, p. 5.]
* Northern Luo
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Shilluk
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Belanda Bor
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Thuri
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Jur
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Anuak
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Päri
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References
Luo languages