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| Acholi (Acoli, Shuli, Gang, Lwo) |
| Spoken in: |
Uganda, Sudan |
| Region: |
Acholi people, Sudan, Uganda |
| Total speakers: |
800,000 |
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Language family: |
Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
Western
Luo
Southern
Luo-Acholi
Alur Acholi
Lango Acholi
Acholi |
| Language codes |
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ISO 639-1: |
none |
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ISO 639-2: |
ach |
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ISO/DIS 639-3: |
ach |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
Acholi (also Acoli, Shuli, Gang, Lwo) is a language primarily spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda. Acholi is also spoken in the southern part of the Opari District of Sudan. As of 1996 there were reported approximately 773,800 Acholi speakers in the world. However this has gradually grown to over 800,000.Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol, well known among African literature, were written in Acholi by Okot p'Bitek.Acholi is one of the Luo languages, of the Western Nilotic branch of Nilo-Saharan. Acholi, Alur and Lango have between 84 and 90 per cent of their vocabulary in common and thus are mutually intelligible.
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