Skip to main content

Lexvo - ISO 639-3 language codes

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

lajLango  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Lango (also called Lwo, Lwoo, or Leb-Lango,) is a Western Nilotic language of the Luo branch, spoken by the Langi people in Uganda. It is mostly spoken in Lango sub-region, in the Northern Region. Spoken by approximately 1.8 million speakers, it makes up for about five percent of the population of Uganda. An orthography for it using the Latin script has been introduced and is taught in primary schools.

Entry terms

  • Lango language
  • Lango (Uganda)

ISO 639-3 code

  • laj

nearly same as

In other languages

  • Langoeg

    Breton

  • Lango

    German

  • Lengua Lango

    Ligurian

  • Lenga Lango

    Piedmontese

  • Língua langu

    Portuguese

  • Ланго

    Russian

  • Kilango

    Swahili

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/laj

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD