| Laro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Nuba Hills |
| Ethnicity | Laro |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2010)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lro |
| Glottolog | laro1243 |
| ELP | Laro |
 Laro is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Laro, also Laru, Aaleira, Ngwullaro, Yillaro, is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in the Nuba Mountains in Kordofan, Sudan.
Villages are Oya, Rodong (Hajar Medani), Hajar Baco, Gunisaia, Serif, Tondly, Reli, Lagau (Serfinila), Getaw (Hajar Tiya), and Orme (Ando) (Ethnologue, 22nd edition).
"Laru [lro] is a Niger-Kordofanian language in the Heiban group (Schadeberg 1981) that includes the languages Heiban, Moro, Otoro, Kwalib, Tira, Hadra, and Shoai. The three main dialects of Laru are Yilaru, Yïdündïlï and Yogo'romany. The last two are close to the neighbouring language of Kwalib, and the intelligibility between them is high. This presentation is based on the first dialect—Yilaru."[2]
- ^ Laro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Abdalla 2015, p. 1.