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Western Nilotic is divided into two main clusters: Dinka–Nuer and Luo. [2] The Luo Languages are languages spoken by the Luo peoples. They include but are not fully limited to, Shilluk, Luwo, Thuri, Belanda Bor, Burun, Päri, Anuak, and Southern Luo.
Western Nilotic – Spoken by Nilotic populations in South Sudan, Sudan, northeastern Congo (DRC), northern Uganda, southwestern Kenya, northern Tanzania, and southwestern Ethiopia, it includes the Dinka-Nuer languages, Luo languages, and the Burun languages. Dinka–Nuer-Atwot; Luo languages; Burun languages; Ethnic groups
Nilotic languages are part of the Eastern Sudanic subbranch of Nilo-Saharan languages. The Nilotic languages are usually divided into a Western group (containing such languages as Acholi, Burun, Dinka, Lango, Luo, Mabaan, Nuer, and Shilluk), an Eastern group (including Bari, Karimojong, Lotuxo, Maa [the language of the Maasai people], Teso ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nilot, any member of several east-central African peoples living in South Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya. The name refers to the area in which they live, mostly the region of the upper Nile and its tributaries, and to a linguistic unity that distinguishes them from their neighbours who have similar physical characteristics and culture.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Most Western Nilotic languages are spoken in Sudan, but they also extend into Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kenya. Some Western Nilotic languages include Shilluk, Acholi, Dinka, Dholuo, Nuer and Lango.
The Nilotic languages are divided into two groups: the northwestern and southeastern Nilotic languages In Africa. All Nilotic languages are tonal and have complex vowel systems with long...
