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Acholi sub-region

Acholi

Ugandan children.jpg

Acholi children in an IDP camp in Kitgum, 2005

Total population
Approximately 1.2 million
Regions with significant populations
 Uganda
 South Sudan
Languages
Acholi
Religion
Roman Catholicism; Anglicanism
Related ethnic groups
Other Luo peoples, other Nilotic peoples

Ugandan children.jpg

Acholi children in an IDP camp in Kitgum, 2005

Acholi (also Acoli) is a Luo Nilotic ethnic group from Eastern Part of Southern Sudan Magwi County and Northern Region of Uganda|Northern Uganda]] (an area commonly referred to as Acoliland), including the districts of Agago, Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Nwoya, Lamwo, and Pader; in Approximately 1.17 million Acoli were counted in the Uganda census of 2002, and 45,000 more were living in South Sudan in 2000.

The Acholi dialect is a Western Nilotic language, classified as Luo (or Lwo). It is mutually intelligible with Lango, Alur and other Luo languages. The Luo language and dialect is spoken by the Luo groups who are currently settled in various locations including western Kenya, Eastern Uganda, Acholiland, West Nile in Uganda, and South Sudan.


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