Lotuko
Language Information
Lotuko (Otuho) is spoken in South Sudan, in Eastern Equatoria, around Torit.
Lotuko is an Eastern Nilotic language with about 200,000 speakers.
Lotuko is an Eastern Nilotic language with about 200,000 speakers.
- Language Family
- Chari-Nile (Macro-Sudanic)
- Subgroup
- Eastern Sudanic
- Branch
- Nilotic (Eastern)
Lotuko Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Otuho
lsiuni aati dang iko ahodc hade ihaniere erre boo ve isi orrijori dang to nelotulo. Owoni isi iko negigilita bwo ve iko ataja. Ongida isi ihanie awatek hosi ihwo elarak.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights