Woro language

Woro
Kresh-
Gbaya-
Native to	South Sudan
Native speakers	unknown: 16,000 all Kresh languages apart from Furu (2013)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Western Kresh languages Woro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`krs` (Kresh–Gbaya–Woro–Dongo)
Glottolog	`orlo1238`^[2]

Woro, also rendered Orlo, is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan. It is one of the Kresh languages, and generally considered a dialect of Kresh.

References

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

Nilo-Saharan list (Blench 2000)

Central Sudanic languages

Bongo–Bagirmi

Bongo–Baka	Baka Bongo Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

Kara	Furu Tar Gula Yulu

Bagirmi	Barma Beraku Disa Fer Gula Jaya Kenga Morom Naba

Sara	Dagba Doba Gulay Horo Kabba of Gore Laka Mbay Nar Ngam Ngambay Sar

Kaba	Kaba Deme Kaba Na Kulfa

Vale	Ruto Vale

Other	Birri Fongoro Sinyar Yulu

Lendu
Ngiti

Moru–Madi

Moru

Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi

Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Other

Mimi of Decorse

Italics indicate extinct languages

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