Luo language spoken by Anuak people in western Ethiopia and South Sudan
Anuak
Dha Anywaa
Native to
Ethiopia, South Sudan
Region
Gambela, Greater Upper Nile
Ethnicity
Anuak
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 639-3
anu
Glottolog
anua1242
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.
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...
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for its speakers used by the Anuak. Ethiopian speakers live in five villages along the South Sudan border north of the Anuak and Nuer, and its South Sudanese...
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