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Luwo

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: lwo

Population	80,000 (1983 census).
Region	South, Bahr el Ghazal, north of Wau toward Aweil, southeast of Wau to Tonj.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Dhe Luwo, Dhe Lwo, Giur, Jo Lwo, Jur Luo, Jur Lwo, Lwo
Dialects	Different from Langaj (Lwo) [laj] of Uganda, or Dholuo [luo] of Kenya and Luo [luo] of Tanzania, but related.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Luo, Northern, Jur
Language use	Vigorous. Thuri [thu] sometimes use Luwo as L2. All domains, local administration, some use in schools, churches. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Dinka, English, or Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
Language development	NT: 2003.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUTH, Randall J., author. 1981. "Ergative word order--Luwo is OVS."

BUTH, Randall J., author. 1981. "The twenty vowels of the Dhe Luwo (Jur Luo, Sudan)."

YODER, Joan Bomberger, author. 2008. "Minority language development and literacy among internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and wartime communities."

Vernacular Publications

Kitaab ugwɛɛd dhɛ luuhɔ. 1991.

Koan daahd diel. 2000.

Kwaahn umodho 1 (Luwo primer 1). 2000.

Kwaahn umodho 1. 1995.

Kwaahn umodho 2 (Luwo primer 2). 2000.

Kwaan wong ke dhe luuo: Luwo calendar storybook. 2001.

Learn to read and write Luwo (Dhɛ Luuhɔ). 1990.

Learn to read and write Luwo: English to Luwo transition primer. 1999.

Lihngu waaj jo Luuo. 2001.

Luub Paajo II. 1995.

Luub paajo. 1995.

Luub paajo: Luwo reader. 2001.

Ugweede ke dhe Luuo. 2000.

Ugweede kedea kwaahno ke dhe Luuo. 1994.

Ugweede kedea kwaahno ke dhe Luuo. 1994.

Waaj utiɛhm. 1990.