Terik language

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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.

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Terik language canonical 5

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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

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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