Teso language

E49228
Eastern Nilotic language language natural language

Teso language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Iteso people in eastern Uganda and western Kenya.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ateso language 1
Iteso language 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Teso language ⓘ
surface form: Ateso language

Teso language ⓘ
surface form: Iteso language
closelyRelatedTo Maasai language ⓘ
surface form: Karamojong language

Nyangatom language ⓘ
Toposa language ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Turkana language
ethnicGroup Iteso people ⓘ
hasDialects regional varieties in Kenya ⓘ
regional varieties in Uganda ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Teso ⓘ
hasGlottocode teso1249 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code teo ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasStandardForm orthography based on Latin alphabet ⓘ
hasStatus minority language in Kenya ⓘ
regional language in Uganda ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Nilotic

Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan

Nilotic ⓘ
nativeName Ateso ⓘ
primaryCountry Kenya ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
eastern Uganda ⓘ
Nyanza region ⓘ
surface form: western Kenya
subfamilyOf Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Nilotic languages

Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Teso–Turkana languages
usedBy Iteso people ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Iteso people ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
usedIn education in Teso sub-region ⓘ
local administration in Teso areas ⓘ
local media in eastern Uganda ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teso language → alternateName → Teso language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ateso language
Teso language → alternateName → Teso language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iteso language
Nilo-Saharian phylum → includesLanguage → Teso language ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum