Alur are an ethnic group who live mainly Nebbi district in northwestern Uganda, but also in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, north of Lake Albert. They are part of the larger Luo group, and their language is mutually intelligible with Acholi. Nebbi is a district in north-western Uganda. ... Lake Albert and its river systems. ... The Luo are a people of Kenya, they live on the shores and hinterland of Lake Victoria. ... Alur is spoken in East Africa. ... A pair of languages is said to be mutually intelligible if speakers of one language can readily understand the other language. ... Acholi (also Acoli, Shuli, Gang, Lwo) is a language primarily spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda. ...
The Alur Chiefdom is probably the only one that was unaffected by the ban on traditional institutions in 1966.[1]