Ateso

E247396

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

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Ateso canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language
Nilotic language
language
belongsTo Teso–Turkana group
country Kenya
Uganda
ethnicGroup Teso people
linked to: Iteso people
hasAlternativeName Ateso language
linked to: Teso language

Teso language
hasGlottocode ates1238
hasISO639-2Code teo
hasISO639-3Code teo
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasMorphology noun class-like gender system
rich verbal morphology
hasNumberOfSpeakersApprox over 1 million
hasPhonologicalFeature tone
vowel length contrast
hasWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isRecognizedAs local language in Uganda
isRelatedTo Karamojong language
Nyangatom language
Toposa language
Turkana language
isSpokenAs native language
languageBranch Eastern Nilotic languages
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
languageSubfamily Nilotic languages
region eastern Uganda
western Kenya
script Latin alphabet
spokenBy Teso people
linked to: Iteso people
spokenIn Kenya
Uganda
usedIn education in Teso region
local media in eastern Uganda

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