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Anuak language information


Anuak
Dha Anywaa
Native toEthiopia, South Sudan
RegionGambela, Greater Upper Nile
EthnicityAnuak
Native speakers
220,000 (2007–2017)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic
    • Nilotic
      • Western
        • Luo
          • Northern
            • Jur
              • Anuak
Writing system
Ge'ez, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3anu
Glottologanua1242

Anuak or Anywaa is a Luo language which belongs to the western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. It is spoken primarily in the western part of Ethiopia and also in South Sudan by the Anuak people. Other names for this language include: Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro.[1] Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster.[2] The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions, which also includes glossed texts.

  1. ^ a b Anuak at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. p.5

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