Teso

E247398

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Teso canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teso → glottologName → Teso ⓘ
Teso → hasEthnologueEntry → Teso ⓘ
Busoga → borders → Teso ⓘ
Western Kenya → containsEthnicGroup → Teso ⓘ
subject linked to: western Kenya
Kumam → closelyRelatedTo → Teso ⓘ