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The Luo ( also spelled Lwo ) are several ethnolinguistically related ethnic groups in Africa that inhabit an area ranging from South Sudan and Ethiopia, through northern Uganda and eastern Congo ( DRC ), into western Kenya, and the northern tip of Tanzania.

The Luo speak an Eastern Sudanic ( Nilotic ) language, a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family.

According to various ethnic classification schemes, they are referred to as River-Lake Nilotes or Western Nilotes, which also includes the Dinka – Nuer language group.

People who speak Luo languages include the Shilluk, Anuak, Acholi, Jurchol, Lango, Palwo, Alur, Padhola, Joluo ( Kenyan and Tanzanian Luo ), Bor, and Kumam.