Lutos language

Lutos
Lutos
Ruto
Native to	Central African Republic, Chad
Native speakers	(19,000 cited 1993–1996)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Vale Lutos; ; ; ;
Dialects	Ruto; Nduka;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ndy
Glottolog	luto1241

Lutos (Ruto) is a Central Sudanic language of CAR and Chad. Two distinctive dialects are Lutos/Ruto proper and Nduka.^[2]

^ Lutos at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ International Encyclopedia of Linguistics ed. William J. Frawley · 2003 p303 " In Central African Republic: 17,000 speakers in Nde ́le ́, Kaga Andoro, and Kabo subprefectures. Dialects are Nduka (Ndouka, Ndoukwa), Lutos (Ruto, Routo, Rito, Luto, Louto), Wada (Wad), Nduga (Ngougua), Konga."