Terik language

E866841

The Terik language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Terik people of western Kenya, closely associated with neighboring Kalenjin groups such as the Kipsigis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Terik language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language ⓘ
Southern Nilotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
associatedWith Kalenjin people ⓘ
belongsToBranch Kalenjin branch of Southern Nilotic ⓘ
classifiedBy linguists as part of the Kalenjin cluster ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kipsigis language ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroup Terik people ⓘ
glottocode teri1252 ⓘ
glottologName Terik ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Terek ⓘ
Terik-Kalenjin ⓘ
linked to: Kalenjin

Tirik ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
hasDomain home and community domains ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code tec ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature tone ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersStatus small speaker population ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature geminate consonants ⓘ
long and short vowel contrast ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
isInfluencedBy Kipsigis language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Kipsigis language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
isSpokenAlong border between Nandi and Kipsigis areas ⓘ
isSubjectOf studies in Southern Nilotic comparative linguistics ⓘ
isUsedLessBy younger Terik generations ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageShiftTowards Kipsigis language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
neighboringLanguageOf Kipsigis language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
partOf Kalenjin languages ⓘ
region Rift Valley region of Kenya ⓘ
spokenBy Terik people ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
western Kenya ⓘ
subfamily Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
UNESCOStatus vulnerable or endangered language ⓘ
usedFor daily communication within Terik communities ⓘ
usedIn traditional oral literature of the Terik people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kipsigis → relatedTo → Terik language ⓘ
Marakwet → closelyRelatedTo → Terik language ⓘ
Kalenjin languages → hasMember → Terik language ⓘ
Tugen language → closelyRelatedTo → Terik language ⓘ
Terik people → language → Terik language ⓘ