Acholi dialect

Acholi
Acholi
Acoli
Lwo
Native to	Uganda, South Sudan
Ethnicity	Acholi
Native speakers	1.5 million in Uganda (2014 census) ; 27,000 in South Sudan (2000)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Southern Eastern Nilotic Western Luo Southern Luo–Acholi Alur–Acholi Lango–Acholi Acholi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Labwor (leb Thur); Nyakwai; Dhopaluo (Chope);
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	ach
ISO 639-3	Either:; ach – Acholi/ Acoli; lth – Thur
Glottolog	acol1236
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A man speaking Acholi.

Acholi (also Leb Acoli, or Leb Lwo) is a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Amuru, Lamwo, Agago, Nwoya, Omoro and Pader (a region known as Acholiland) in northern Uganda. It is also spoken in South Sudan in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria.

Song of Lawino, well known in African literature, was written in Acholi by Okot p'Bitek, although its sequel, Song of Ocol, was written in English.^[1]

Acholi, Alur, and Jo Padola have between 84 and 90 per cent of their vocabulary in common^[2] and are mutually intelligible.^{[dubious – discuss]} However, they are often counted as separate languages because their speakers are ethnically distinct. Labwor (Thur), once considered a dialect of Acholi, may not be intelligible with it.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Acholi/ Acoli at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020)
Thur at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020)
^ "Registration authority request for change of language code" (PDF).

[e23-1] Acholi/ Acoli at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020)
Thur at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020)

[2] "Registration authority request for change of language code" (PDF).

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