Aringa language

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Aringa
Spoken in: Northwest corner of Uganda, north of Lake Albert, Aringa county, north of Lugbara, west of Ma'di.
Total speakers: 588,830 (1991 census)
Language family: Nilo-Saharan
 Central Sudanic
  East
   Moru-Madi
    Central
     Aringa
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: ssa
ISO 639-3: luc

Aringa, also known as Low Lugbara is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Aringa ethnic group in the northwestern corner of Uganda, north of Lake Albert. It is related to the language spoken by the Lugbara and Ma'di peoples.

Aringa is sometimes considered a dialect of Lugbara language[1], other times a separate language[2] The speakers of Lugbara and Ma'di both consider Aringa to be a separate but related language.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Douglas Boone, Richard Watson, 1999. "Moru-Ma'di Survey Report." SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 1999-001.
  2. ^ Ethnologue
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