The Teso–Turkana (or Ateker) languages are a group of closely related Eastern Nilotic languages spoken in southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, northwestern Kenya, and southwestern Ethiopia. In effect they form a dialect cluster consisting of c.2 million people. According to Gerrit Dimmendaal, most of these languages – Karimojong, Jie, Toposa, Turkana, and Nyangatom – are mutually intelligible, and for the most part differ only in regard to tone.[1] Teso belongs to the same broad group but is not described as being as closely related to Turkana as the others.

The languages are:

See also

References

  1. ^ Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. (1983) The Turkana language. Dordrecht: Foris. ISBN 90-70176-83-1


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teso-Turkana_languages
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