Southern Luo languages

The Southern Luo languages are a subgroup of the Luo languages and form a dialect cluster spoken from Uganda and neighboring countries.

Classification

The Southern Luo dialects are classified within the Glottolog database as follows:

Southern Lwoo
* Acholi
* Adhola–Alur–Luo
** Adhola–Luo
*** Adhola
*** Luo
** Alur
* Lango–Kumam these are Ateker peoples they are not related to Luo peoples.
** Kumam is not a Lwo language by origin.
** Lango is not a Lwo language by origin.

Luo or Southern Luo languages belong to Luo peoples, this is distinct from Kumam language and Lango language who are Ateker peoples also known as Hamites, by origin.
Sources show that the current kumam is a mixed dialect of broken Luo with Ateso. They learned Lwo after migration to their present location in Uganda.
Lango people's language is not a Southern Luo, they also learned luo when they reached their present location in Uganda due to proximity with Luo peoples. The Lango currently speak a mixed dialect of broken Lwo speech and retain their Hamitic vocabularies of their original language.
On 27th to 29th November 2024, Kumam people and Lango people reunited back to the Ateker peoples the Hamites. Uganda government hosted this historical event. The Kumam people and Lango people are not ethnically related to Luo peoples.