Lango language (Uganda)
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| Lango | ||
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| Spoken in: | Uganda | |
| Total speakers: | 1 million (1991 census) | |
| Language family: | Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic Western Nilotic Luo Southern Luo Luo-Acholi Lango |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | to be added | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | laj | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
- This article is about the Lango language in Uganda. For other uses, see Lango (disambiguation).
Lango (also called Lwo, Lwoo, Leb-Lano, or Langi) is a Western Nilotic language of the Luo branch, spoken by the Langi in Uganda. It is mostly spoken in Lira District, 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, related but not identical, Nilotic varieties spoken in Sudan.
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