Turkana language

E811272
Eastern Nilotic language Nilotic language language

The Turkana language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Turkana people of northwestern Kenya.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Turkana language canonical 7
Karamojong language 3
The Turkana Language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language ⓘ
Nilotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
basicWordOrder verb–subject–object ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Karamojong language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ng'akarimojong language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyangatom language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Teso language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toposa language NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity Turkana people NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottocode turk1302 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ngaturkana NERFINISHED ⓘ
ŋaTurkana ⓘ
hasCaseMarking suffixal case markers ⓘ
hasDialects Nawountos dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngikwatela dialect ⓘ
Ngimonia dialect ⓘ
Ngisonyoka dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngiyapakuno dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkana dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenderSystem grammatical gender ⓘ
hasLinguisticDescription Turkana reference grammar ⓘ
Turkana–English dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumberDistinction collective ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature geminate consonants ⓘ
tone ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ
iso639-3Code tuv ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Nilotic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nilotic ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
region Rift Valley Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkana County NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Turkana people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern Kenya ⓘ
subgroup Ateker languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor oral tradition ⓘ
pastoralist terminology ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
usedIn Christian religious practice ⓘ
local education ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (11)

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

Nilotic languages → majorLanguage → Turkana language ⓘ
El Molo → shiftedTo → Turkana language ⓘ
Ateso → isRelatedTo → Turkana language ⓘ
Teso → closelyRelatedTo → Turkana language ⓘ
Teso → closelyRelatedTo → Turkana language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karamojong language
Toposa language → closelyRelatedTo → Turkana language ⓘ
Gerrit J. Dimmendaal → notableWork → Turkana language ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Turkana Language
Gerrit J. Dimmendaal → hasWrittenAbout → Turkana language ⓘ
Eastern Nilotic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Turkana language ⓘ
Eastern Nilotic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Turkana language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karamojong language
Karamojong → language → Turkana language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karamojong language