Ik language
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The Ik language, also known as Icetot, Icietot, Ngulak, or (derogatory) Teuso, Teuth, are one of the Kuliak languages
of northeastern Uganda
. The Ik people
have a positive attitude toward their language, which is increasing; with Tepes
being moribund, Ik may soon be the sole remaining language of its family.
Kuliak languages
-References:* Heine, Bernd The Kuliak Languages of Eastern Uganda. Nairobi: East African Publishing House.* Ehret, Christopher "The classification of Kuliak", in ed. Thilo Schadeberg & Lionel Bender, Nilo-Saharan: Proceedings of the First Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Leiden, September...
of northeastern Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. The Ik people
Ik people
The Ik are an ethnic group numbering about 10,000 people living in the mountains of northeastern Uganda near the border with Kenya, next to the more populous Karamojong and Turkana peoples. The Ik were displaced from their land to create a national park and consequently suffered extreme famine...
have a positive attitude toward their language, which is increasing; with Tepes
Tepes language
Soo is the Kuliak language of the Tepes people of northeastern Uganda. It is also spelled So and Tepeth. The language is moribund, with most of the population of 22,000 having shifted to Karamojong, and only older people still speaking Soo....
being moribund, Ik may soon be the sole remaining language of its family.