Thuri language

Thuri
Native to	South Sudan
Native speakers	unknown (6,600 cited 1956)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Western Nilotic Luo Northern Thuri
Dialects	Bodho?
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`thu`
Glottolog	`thur1255`^[2]

Thuri (Turi) is a Luo language of South Sudan. The number of speakers is unknown; 6,600 were reported in 1956 (Tucker and Bryan).

Bodho is said to be a dialect, but has also been reported to be closer to Luwo.

References

↑ Thuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Thuri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Eastern Sudanic languages

Astaboran languages

Nubian	Birgid Hill Nubian Kenzi-Dongolawi Midob Nobiin Old Nubian

Nara	Nara

Nyima	Ama Dinik

Taman	Sungor Tama

Kir–Abbaian languages

Surmic

North	Majang

Southeast	Kwegu Me'en Mursi Suri

Southwest	Didinga Kacipo-Balesi Murle Narim Tennet

Eastern Jebel

Temein

Daju

Eastern	Liguri Shatt

Western	Beigo Daju Mongo Njalgulgule Nyala Sila

Nilotic languages

Eastern Nilotic

Bari

Teso–Turkana	Karimojong Teso Toposa Turkana

Lotuko	Lango Lokoya Lopit Lotuko

Ongamo–Maa	Camus Maasai Ongamo Samburu

Western Nilotic

Dinka–Nuer	Dinka Nuer Reel

Luo languages	Anuak Belanda Bor Burun Luwo Päri Shilluk Southern Luo Thuri

Southern Nilotic

Burun

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