Home to 3 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 3 language families.
also: Thuɔŋjäŋ
A Western Nilotic language and the largest language of South Sudan. Internally varied, with Padang, Bor, Agar, Rek, and Twic as major dialect groups.
also: Acoli, Lwo
A Western Nilotic language of the Luo cluster, spoken across northern Uganda and adjacent South Sudan. Closely related to Lango and to the Luo of western Kenya.
also: Thok Naath
A Western Nilotic language and the second-largest language of South Sudan after Dinka. Around 1.7 million speakers across the Greater Upper Nile and Gambela.