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Thuri language information


Thuri
Native toSouth Sudan
Native speakers
(6,600 cited 1956)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic?
    • Kir–Abbaian?
      • Nilotic
        • Western
          • Luo
            • Northern
              • Luwo–Thuri
                • Thuri
Dialects
  • Bodho?
Language codes
ISO 639-3thu
Glottologthur1255

Thuri (Turi) is a Luo language of South Sudan. The number of speakers is unknown; 6,600 were reported in 1956 (Tucker and Bryan).

Bodho is said to be a dialect, but has also been reported to be closer to Luwo.[citation needed]

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