Luwo language

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The Luwo language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Luwo people of South Sudan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language
Western Nilotic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Anyuak language NERFINISHED
Dholuo language
Shilluk language
country South Sudan NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Luwo people NERFINISHED
family Western Nilotic NERFINISHED
glottocode luwo1238
hasAlternativeName Jur language NERFINISHED
Luo of Jur NERFINISHED
Luwo (South Sudan) NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature rich verbal morphology
tonal language
verb–subject–object word order (VSO) or subject–verb–object (SVO) patterns
hasSpeakerPopulationRegion tens of thousands of speakers in South Sudan
ISO639-3 lwo
isSpokenBy Luwo people of South Sudan NERFINISHED
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Anyuak language NERFINISHED
Dinka language NERFINISHED
Nuer language NERFINISHED
Shilluk language NERFINISHED
region Northern Bahr el Ghazal NERFINISHED
Western Bahr el Ghazal NERFINISHED
spokenIn East Africa NERFINISHED
South Sudan
subfamily Luo languages NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication among Luwo people
local cultural practices
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Western Nilotic languages hasMember Luwo language