Omotik
E247227
Omotik is a critically endangered Southern Nilotic language spoken by a small community in Kenya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Omotik canonical | 2 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Nilotic language
ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| branchOf |
Eastern Sudanic languages
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangerment | severely threatened ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Omotik people ⓘ |
| glottocode | omot1246 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Sogoo ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
SVO word order (subject–verb–object)
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
noun class or gender distinctions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length (gemination)
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| isClassifiedBy |
Ethnologue
ⓘ
Glottolog ⓘ |
| isFocusOf | language preservation efforts ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | omt ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilotic languages ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few ⓘ |
| region | Rift Valley Province ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Datooga
ⓘ
Kalenjin languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy | small community in Kenya ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Kenya ⓘ |
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Southern Nilotic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Nilotic
|
| threatenedBy |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Maasai ⓘ language shift to Swahili ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within the Omotik community ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
oral tradition
ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.