Acholi

Also known as Acoli, Acooli, Shuli, Gang, Atscholi, Acholi dialect, Luo

Southern Luo dialect

Key facts

Native to: Uganda , South Sudan
Region: Acholi sub-region , Kiryandongo District and Magwi county
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
Dialects: Labwor (leb Thur) Nyakwai Dhopaluo (Chope)
Writing system: Latin
Iso 639 2: ach
Iso 639 3: Either:, ach – Acholi/ Acoli, lth – Thur
Glottolog: acol1236

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1200000
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ACH
P10369: Abraham Lincoln

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A man speaking Acholi.

Acholi (/əˈtʃoʊ.li/ ə-CHOH-li, 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. The Dhopaluo (Chope) sub-dialect of Acholi is spoken in the Kiryandongo District in the kingdom of Bunyoro. It is also spoken in South Sudan in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria.