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Otuho
Lotuko
Region	South Sudan
Ethnicity	Otuho, Logir, Ifoto, Imatong
Native speakers	310,000 (2017)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Southern Eastern? Nilotic Eastern Lotuko–Teso Lotuko–Maa Lotuko Lotuko–Lokoya Otuho
Dialects	Koriok Lomya (Lomia) Lowudo Logotok
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `lot` – Otuho `ddd` – Dongotono
Glottolog	`otuh1238` Otuho `dong1294` Dongotono

Otuho, also known as Lotuko (Lotuxo), is the language of the Otuho people. It is an Eastern Nilotic language, and has several other Otuho speaking dialectic groups.

Language varieties

Dongotono is related.

Other related varieties may be:

References

Otuho at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) [REDACTED]
Dongotono at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) [REDACTED]
"Imatong". gurtong. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
"Ifoto". Gurtong. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
"Logir". Gurtong. Retrieved June 18, 2014.

v t e Languages of South Sudan
Official language	English Arabic
Indigenous languages	Acholi Aja Avokaya Baale Bai Baka Bari Belanda Viri Beli Bongo Daasanach Didinga Dinka Dongotono Homa Indri Juba Arabic Jur Jur Modo Kaligi Kresh Kuku Laarim Lango Lokoya Lopit Lotuko Mangaya Moru Murle Naka Ndogo Nuer Olu’bo Opuo Shilluk Suri Togoyo Toposa West Banda Zande
Main foreign languages	Arabic Malay

Eastern Sudanic languages

Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family

Northern k languages

Nubian

Birgid Dongolawi Kenzi Midob Nobiin Old Nubian
Hill Nubian	Dair Dilling El Hugeirat Ghulfan Haraza Kadaru Karko Wali

Nara

Nara

North	Majang
Southeast	Kwegu Meʼen Mursi Suri
Southwest	Baale Didinga Murle Laarim Tennet

Eastern Jebel

Temein

Daju

Eastern	Logorik Shatt
Western	Beigo Daju Mongo Nyolge Nyala Sila

Nilotic

Large group listed below

Nilotic languages

Eastern

Bari	Bari Kuku Mandari
Teso–Turkana	Karamojong Teso Toposa Turkana Nyangatom
Lotuko	Dongotono Lango (South Sudan) Lokoya Lopit Otuho
Ongamo–Maa	Maasai Ngasa Samburu Camus

Western

Dinka–Nuer

Luo

Northern	Anuak Belanda Bor Jur Päri Shilluk Thuri
Southern	Southern Luo Acholi Adhola Alur Dholuo Kumam Lango (Uganda)

Burun

Southern

Kalenjin

Elgon	Kupsabiny Sabaot
Nandi–Markweta	Keiyo Kipsigis Markwet Naandi Terik Tugen
Okiek–Mosiro	Ogiek
Pökoot	Pökoot

Omotik–Datooga

Italics indicate extinct languages

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