Moro is a member of the Talodi-Heiban branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It has about 79,000 speakers in the Nuba Mountains in the north of South Kordofan state in the south of Sudan. There are also some speakers of Moro in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
Moro is also known as Dhimorong. Dialects include Leyenia, Tobəɽelda, Uləba, Lənəbwa, Nḏërria, Ləmwarəŋ and Ləŋorəban
Before 1936, Moro was written with the Arabic alphabet. In 1936, missionaries created an orthography for Moro using the Latin alphabet, and translated the New Testament of the Bible into the Ləŋorəban dialect of Moro.
Download an Moro alphabet chart (Excel)
Corrections by Michael Peter Füstumum
Moro has three tones, but they are not usually indicated in writing.
Leđa pređ lalǝŋǝnia lëbǝrëinialo na lǝɽǝwaṯo eŋen ŋǝđamia na eŋen pređ iŋi ŋǝrcađaṯo ṯa leđa alǝfiđi. Lënŋulu pređ lananëinu đǝnaca đame ɽetǝɽeto na ara gǝŋǝra ŋenŋanṯa alǝɽǝwađaṯe alamǝđaiđe bǝɽan usilaga gǝŋǝlǝŋǝnia na gǝŋorba.
Source: https://www.ohchr.org/en/ohchr/node/71466
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Moro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_language
https://docslib.org/doc/6004038/a-dictionary-of-the-moro-language-of-the-nuba-hills-sudan
http://moro.ucsd.edu/
http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/mor
Acheron, Dengebu, Lumun, Moro, Tocho
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 26.03.25. Last modified: 27.03.25
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