Claim: The Nilotic languages are spoken by the Luo peoples.
Evidence: The Nilotic languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken across a wide area between South Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples , who traditionally practice cattle-herding.
Among these are the Luo , Sara , Maasai , Kalenjin , Dinka , Nuer , Shilluk , Ateker , and the Maa-speaking peoples , each of which is a cluster of several ethnic groups.