Teso–Turkana languages

Teso–Turkana
Ateker
Geographic distribution	southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, northwestern Kenya, southwestern Ethiopia
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Kir–Abbaian? Nilotic Eastern Nilotic Ateker–Lotuko–Maa Teso–Turkana
Subdivisions	Teso Turkanic    Karimojong    Nyangatom    Toposa    Turkana
Glottolog	teso1248

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. Teso belongs to the same broad group but is not described as being as closely related to Turkana as the others.

The languages are:

• Teso–Turkana
  • Teso (Ateso)
  • Turkanic
    • Turkana
    • Karimojong (incl. Jie, Dodoth)
    • Toposa (incl. Jiye)
    • Nyangatom

See also

• Ateker

External links

• Webbook page on Teso–Turkana
• PanAfrican L10n page on Teso–Turkana