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Lango dialect

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Native to
  
Uganda

ISO 639-3
  
laj

Ethnicity
  
Langi people

Glottolog
  
lang1324

Native speakers
  
1.5 million (2002 census)

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Western Nilotic Luo Southern Luo Luo–Acholi Lango

Lango (also called Lwo, Lwoo, or Leb-Lango,) is a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Langi people of Uganda. It is mostly spoken in Lango sub-region, in the Northern Region, by approximately 1.8 million speakers, or five percent of the population of Uganda. An orthography for it using the Latin script has been introduced and is taught in primary schools. It is generally counted as a distinct language because the Langi people are ethnically distinct from other Luo.

References

Lango dialect Wikipedia