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Northern Luo languages

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Northern Luo
Northern Lwoo
Geographic
distribution
Western Bahr el Ghazal, Pochalla County, Jonglei State, Upper Nile (state), Gambela Region, Lafon County
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
Proto-languageProto-Northern Luo
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolognort2814

The Northern Luo languages are a subgroup of the Luo languages that are spoken in South Sudan and Ethiopia.[1]

Classification

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Northern Luo is classified by Glottolog as follows:[2]

According to Mechthild Reh, the Northern Luo languages are classified as follows:[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Nilotes of the Sudan and Uganda.
  2. ^ https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nort2814
  3. ^ Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, p. 5.