Alur

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
alz
Alternate Names
Aloro, Alua, Alulu, Dho Alur, Jo Alur, Lur, Luri
Autonym
DhuAlur
Population

750,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Total users in all countries: 1,735,000.

Location

Ituri province: Mahagi territory, northwest to Djalasiga area.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Nilotic, Western, Luo, Southern, Luo-Acholi, Alur-Acholi, Alur
Dialects

Jonam, Ngora. Lexical similarity: 96% between the Jonam and Ngora dialects.

Language Use

A few also use Bangala [bxg]. Also use Congo Swahili [swc]. Used as L2 by Ndrulo [dno].

Language Development
Literature. Radio. Videos. Dictionary. Texts. Bible: 1936–2016.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Alur
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.

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