| Alur | |
| Nativename: | Lur |
| Region: | Orientale Province (Democratic Republic of Congo), Nebbi and Zombo districts of Uganda |
| Ethnicity: | Alur |
| Speakers: | million |
| Date: | 2001–2014 |
| Ref: | e22 |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Fam2: | Eastern Sudanic? |
| Fam3: | Kir–Abbaian? |
| Fam4: | Nilotic |
| Fam5: | Western Nilotic |
| Fam6: | Luo |
| Fam7: | Southern |
| Fam8: | Adhola–Alur–Luo |
| Dia1: | Jokot |
| Dia2: | Jonam |
| Dia3: | Mambisa |
| Dia4: | Wanyoro |
| Iso3: | alz |
| Glotto: | alur1250 |
| Glottorefname: | Alur |
Alur (Dho-Alur pronounced as /[d̟ɔ.a.lur]/) is a Western Nilotic language spoken in the southern West Nile region of Uganda and the northeastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The language's subdialects are Jokot, Jonam/Lo-Naam (mainly spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mambisa and Wanyoro.
Alur has 9 vowels.
| !Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Near-close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Close-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ |
Alur has 23 consonants.
| Labial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Plosive | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Affricate | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Trill | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
Alur has an SVO word order.
The Alur language has no officially accepted orthography. However, informal conventions have been established in written materials and road signs.
First, there is usually no written tonal distinction. Second, the phonemic distinction between pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as //ng// is occasionally reflected in the orthography, with pronounced as /link/ represented by 'ŋ' and pronounced as //ng// represented by 'ng'. However, pronounced as /link/ is also frequently written as 'ng', confusing it orthographically with pronounced as //ng//.