Lango language (Uganda)

Lango language (Uganda)

language
name=Lango
states=Uganda
speakers=1 million (1991 census)
familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
fam2=Eastern Sudanic
fam3=Western Nilotic
fam4=Luo
fam5=Southern Luo
fam6=Luo-Acholi
iso3=laj

Lango (also called "Lwo, Lwoo, or Leb-Lano,") is a Western Nilotic language of the Luo branch, spoken by the Lango people in Uganda. It is mostly spoken in Lango sub-region, in central Uganda. Spoken by approximately 1 million speakers, it makes up for c. 5 per cent of the population of Uganda. An orthography for it using the Latin script has been introduced and is taught in primary schools.

Lango is also the name of several other unrelated Nilotic languages spoken in Sudan.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/LuoAcholiLango PanAfriL10n page on Lango]
* [http://www.acholinet.com/ Acholi and Lango of Uganda Luo Page]
* [http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Luo_root.html Luo/Acholi/Lango Language page]


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