Luwo people

Luwo
Total population
	193,000
Regions with significant populations
South Sudan	193,000
Languages
	Luwo language
Religion
	Christianity, African Traditional Religion
Related ethnic groups
	Nilotic peoples, esp. Luo peoples

The Luwo (also called Jur Chol and Luo of Bahr el Ghazal) are a Nilotic ethnic group that live in the western parts of South Sudan. They are part of a larger group of ethno-linguistically related Luo peoples of East Africa.^{[citation needed]} They speak the Luwo language which is a Northern Luo language.^[1]^[2]

They are related to the Dholuo speaking Joluo of Kenya and Tanzania. The date of divergence is estimated to have been about eight centuries ago.^[3] their closest relatives however, are the Anyuak, Pari, Balanda Boor, and Shilluk.

^ "Luwo". SIL International. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference Gurtong-Luo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "There Is No Jur Chol Tribe But Luo Tribe In Western Bahr El Ghazal State: Speaker". www.gurtong.net. Gurtong Trust. Retrieved 2016-10-24.

[lwo-ethnologue-1] "Luwo". SIL International. Retrieved 2 August 2013.

[Gurtong-Luo-2] Cite error: The named reference Gurtong-Luo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Gurtong-editorial-3] "There Is No Jur Chol Tribe But Luo Tribe In Western Bahr El Ghazal State: Speaker". www.gurtong.net. Gurtong Trust. Retrieved 2016-10-24.

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