Teso

E247398

Teso is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Iteso people in eastern Uganda and western Kenya.

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Label Occurrences
Teso canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language
Nilotic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Karamojong language
linked to: Turkana language

Nyangatom language
Toposa language
Turkana language
country Kenya
Uganda
countrySubdivision Teso sub-region in Uganda
ethnicGroup Iteso
glottologName Teso
hasAlternativeName Ateso
Iteso language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 1 million speakers
hasEthnologueEntry Teso
hasGlottocode teso1249
hasISO639-2Code teo
hasISO639-3Code teo
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
tone language
vowel harmony
hasWordOrder SVO
isSpokenAs native language
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilotic languages
neighboringLanguage Karamojong
Kumam
Lango
Samia
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Christianity
traditional African religions
region eastern Uganda
western Kenya
spokenBy Iteso people
spokenIn Kenya
Uganda
subfamily Eastern Nilotic languages
usedFor daily communication
folklore
music and songs
oral literature
usedIn education in Uganda (local level)
local media in Uganda
local radio broadcasting
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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