Otuho language

Otuho language

language
name=Otuho
region=Southern Sudan
speakers=185,000 [http://www.christusrex.org/www3/ethno/Suda.html]
familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
fam2=Eastern Sudanic
fam3=Nilotic
fam4=Eastern Nilotic
fam5=Teso-Lotuko-Maa
fam6=Lotuko-Maa
iso3=lot
notice=nonotice

Otuho (also known as Lotuko or Lotuxo) is the language of the Lotuko ethnic group of Eastern Equatoria, an area in Southern Sudan. It is an Eastern Nilotic language, and has several dialects.

The Otuho-speaking people are boarded by the Lokoro in the North, Bari on the West, the Acholi and the Madi in the South, the Didinga and the Boya in the East. The Otuho-Speaking region is characterized by ranges and mountains spurs such as the Imatong mountain which is the highest with an altitude of 10,453 ft above sea level. It is also the highest mountain in the whole of Sudan.

The region is divided into 5 major regions namely: Imatong , Valley, Dongotolo, Lopit, and the Great Plains regions.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lot Otuho] on Ethnologue


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