El Molo
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El Molo is a nearly extinct Cushitic language spoken by the El Molo people of northern Kenya along the shores of Lake Turkana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Molo canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cushitic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Turkana County ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| endangerment | critically endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | El Molo people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Elmolo
ⓘ
Fura-Pawa ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Elmolo ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Cushitic morphology
ⓘ
Cushitic phonology ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | elo ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Cushitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Cushitic languages
|
| languageCodeType | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lake Turkana ⓘ |
| primaryUse | oral communication ⓘ |
| region | northern Kenya ⓘ |
| riskFactor | language shift to neighboring languages ⓘ |
| shiftedTo |
Maasai language
ⓘ
surface form:
Samburu language
Turkana language ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Lake Turkana ⓘ |
| spokenBy | very few speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Kenya ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
nearly extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Lowland East Cushitic language ⓘ |
| usedBy | El Molo community ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.