The languages in this cluster are found across three countries: Uganda (Ma'di, Lugbara, Aringa, S. Ma'di); South Sudan (Aringa, Ma'di, Lolu'bo, Avukaya, Kaliko, Moru, and Logo); and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Lugbara, Avukaya, Kaliko, and Logo).
The only group in this region who are never called Ma'di are the Alur.
They are called Ma'di by the Alur of Okooro, their immediate neighbours, in Bunyoro and Buganda."
Similarly, the linguist A. N. Tucker described the neighboring Keliko people who occupy the high plateau near the Logbara, as having the "real name Ma'di".
Sample basic vocabulary of Moru-Ma'di languages from Boone & Watson (1996):[3]