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Name:
Acholi
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Acoli; Atscholi; Shuli; Gang; Lwo; Lwoo; Akoli; Acooli; Log Acoli; Dok Acoli; Labwor
Spoken in:
Sudan, Uganda
Number of speakers:
1,170,000 in Uganda (2002 census). 12,089 speakers of Dhopaluo (Ladefoged, Glick and Criper 1972), 20,631 ethnic Chope (2002 census). Population total all countries: 1,215,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
ach
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup:
Lango-Acholi (lang)
Child Dialects:
Nyakwai (ach-nya)
Labwor (ach-lab)
Dhopaluo; Chopi; Chope (ach-dho)
Map of Acholi
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