New Dialect of Aringa

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New Dialect of Aringa

Allan Starling, Tue, 2022-03-22 16:46
Regarding: 
Dialects
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ISO 639-3: 
luc

I am submitting this on behalf of Reuben Kabwe, The Word for The World International. rkabwe@twftw.org

Language name: Aringa [luc] Uganda (Obongi District)

Dialects: Aliba

According to a recent language survey, Aliba was found to have a 65% lexical similarity to Aringa, 61% lexical similarity to Terego (a dialect of Lugbara [lgg], 52% lexical similarity to Ma'di South (Okollo) [snm], and 55% lexical similarity to Ma'di Moyo [mhi].

The survey is 31 pages long, I can send it under separate cover if we need it. 

Allan Starling

Editorial Action

We will add the dialect name and lexical similarity information for Aringa [luc] in Uganda, to be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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Chuck Fennig, Mon, 2022-03-28 09:04

Dear Allan,

Thank you for passing on this information from Reuben about the Aringa [luc] dialect names as well as the lexical similarity results from the survey.

Best regards,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue

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