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| Luwo | |
|---|---|
| Jur | |
| Native to | South Sudan |
| Region | Bahr el Ghazal |
| Ethnicity | Luwo people |
Native speakers | 260,000 (2017)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lwo |
| Glottolog | luwo1239 |
Luwo (Luo, Dheluwo), is a language spoken by the Luo people of Bahr el Ghazal region in South Sudan. The language is predominantly spoken in the western and northern parts of Bahr el Ghazal. The Luwo form a majority in the Jur River County.
The language is part of the Luo languages of East Africa and is especially related to the languages of South Sudan such as Anyuak and Päri with whom it forms a dialect cluster.[2]
- ^ Luwo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. p.5
