| Lutos | |
| Nativename: | Ruto |
| Speakers: | 19,000 |
| Date: | 1993–1996 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Fam2: | Central Sudanic |
| Fam3: | Bongo–Bagirmi |
| Fam4: | Vale |
| Dia1: | Ruto |
| Dia2: | Nduka |
| Iso3: | ndy |
| Glotto: | luto1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Lutos |
Lutos (Ruto) is a Central Sudanic language of CAR and Chad. Two distinctive dialects are Lutos/Ruto proper and Nduka.[1]
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |||||
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| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Implosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
Lutos has three tones: high, mid, low.