Editing Luo languages

{{short description|Nilo-Saharan language spoken in East Africa}}
{{distinguish|Dholuo{{!}}Luo dialect|Jur language{{!}}Luwo language}}
{{for multi|the language of Kenya and Tanzania known as Luo|Dholuo|the unclassified language of Atta in Cameroon|Luo language (Cameroon)}}
{{Infobox language family
|name          = Luo
|altname       = Lwo, Lwoo, Luwoian
|ethnicity     = [[Luo peoples]]
|region        = southwestern [[Ethiopia]], [[South Sudan]], [[Sudan]], northeastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo (DRC)]], northern [[Uganda]], southwestern [[Kenya]], northern [[Tanzania]]
|familycolor   = Nilo-Saharan
|fam2          = [[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic]]
|fam3          = [[Southern Eastern Sudanic languages|Southern Eastern]]
|fam4          = [[Nilotic languages|Nilotic]]
|fam5          = [[Western Nilotic languages|Western Nilotic]]
|child1        = [[Northern Luo languages|Northern Luo]]
|child2        = [[Southern Luo language|Southern Luo]]
|glotto        = lwoo1234
|glottorefname = Lwoo
}}
The dozen '''Luo''', '''Lwo''' or '''Lwoian''' languages are spoken by the [[Luo peoples]] in an area ranging from southern [[Sudan]] to western Ethiopia to southern [[Kenya]], with [[Dholuo]] extending into northern [[Tanzania]] and [[Alur language|Alur]] into the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. They form one of the two branches of the [[Western Nilotic languages|Western Nilotic]] family, the other being the [[Dinka language|Dinka]]–[[Nuer language|Nuer]]. The Southern Luo varieties are [[Mutual intelligibility|mutually intelligible]], and apart from ethnic identity they might be considered a single language.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
==Classification==
The time depth of the division of the Luo languages is moderate, perhaps close to two millennia. The division within the [[Southern Luo language]] dialect cluster is considerably shallower, perhaps five to eight centuries, reflecting migrations due to the impact of the [[Islamization of the Sudan region]].<ref>[[Bethwell Allan Ogot]], ''History of the Southern Luo: Volume 1, Migration and Settlement''.</ref>

The Luo languages are classified within the [[Glottolog]] database as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/lwoo1234 |title=Glottolog 5.0 - Lwoo |date=2024-03-11 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=[[Glottolog]] |last=Hammarström |first=Harald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506212710/glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/lwoo1234 |archive-date=2024-05-06 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]] |author-link=Harald Hammarström |last2=Forkel |first2=Robert |publication-place=[[Leipzig]] |doi=10.5281/zenodo.7398962 |last3=Haspelmath |first3=Martin |author-link3=Martin Haspelmath |last4=Bank |first4=Sebastian |doi-access=free}}</ref>

{{Tree list}}
* '''Lwoo'''
** [[Northern Luo languages|Northern Lwoo]]
*** [[Anuak language|Anuak]]
*** [[Belanda Bor language|Belanda Bor]]
*** Luwo–Thuri
**** [[Jur language|Luwo]]
**** [[Thuri language|Thuri]]
*** [[Päri language|Päri]]
*** [[Shilluk language|Shilluk]]
** [[Southern Luo language|Southern Lwoo]]
*** [[Acholi dialect|Acoli]]
*** Adhola–Alur–Luo
**** Adhola–Luo
***** [[Adhola dialect|Adhola]]
***** [[Dholuo|Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)]]
**** [[Alur language|Alur]]
*** Lango–Kumam
**** [[Kumam dialect|Kumam]]
**** [[Lango language (Uganda)|Lango (Uganda)]]
{{Tree list/end}}

According to Mechthild Reh, the Northern Luo languages are classified as follows:<ref>Reh, Mechthild (1996): ''Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions''. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, p. 5.</ref>
{{Tree list}}
* '''Northern'''
** [[Shilluk language|Shilluk]]
** [[Belanda Bor language|Belanda Bor]]
** {{Tree list/branching}}
*** Bodho
*** Col
*** Manangeer
*** [[Thuri language|Thuri]]
** {{Tree list/branching}}
*** [[Jur language|Jur]]
*** [[Anuak language|Anuak]]
*** [[Päri language|Päri]]
{{Tree list/end}}

==Bibliography==
* Gilley, Leoma G. 2004. "The Lwoian family." ''Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages'', 9, 165–174.

== References ==
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{{Eastern Sudanic languages}}
[[Category:Luo languages| ]]
[[Category:Languages of Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Languages of South Sudan]]
[[Category:Languages of Sudan]]
[[Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Languages of Uganda]]
[[Category:Languages of Kenya]]
[[Category:Languages of Tanzania]]