Alur

E810860

Alur is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Alur people in northwestern Uganda and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alur canonical 19

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Nilotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Acholi language ⓘ
Lango language ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
ethnicGroup Alur people ⓘ
glottologCode alur1250 ⓘ
glottologName Alur ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aluric ⓘ
Lur ⓘ
linked to: Lurs
hasDialects Joka ⓘ
Jonam ⓘ
Panyimur ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Alur ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone contrast ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasPopulationRegion Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Ituri Province

West Nile sub-region of Uganda ⓘ
ISO639-3Code alz ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
northwestern Uganda ⓘ
subclassOf Luo language ⓘ
Nilotic language ⓘ
usedBy Alur people ⓘ
usedIn education at primary level in some areas ⓘ
local administration in parts of Uganda ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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