Teso-Turkana languages

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Teso-Turkana
Geographic
distribution:
northwest Kenya, southeastern Sudan, northern Uganda
Genetic
classification
:
Nilo-Saharan
 Eastern Sudanic
  Nilotic
   Eastern Nilotic
    Teso-Lotuko-Maa
     Teso-Turkana
Subdivisions:
Karimojong
Toposa
Nyangatom
Jie


The Teso-Turkana (or Ateker) languages are a cluster of Eastern Nilotic languages, spoken in northwest Kenya, northern Uganda, and southeastern Sudan. In effect they form a dialect cluster.

They include:

  • Ateso language
  • Karimojong language
  • Toposa language
  • Jie
  • Nyangatom language

[edit] See also

Ateker

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