Terik language

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The Terik language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Terik people of western Kenya, closely associated with neighboring Kalenjin groups such as the Kipsigis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language
Southern Nilotic language
language
associatedWith Kalenjin people NERFINISHED
belongsToBranch Kalenjin branch of Southern Nilotic
classifiedBy linguists as part of the Kalenjin cluster
closelyRelatedTo Kipsigis language NERFINISHED
country Kenya
ethnicGroup Terik people NERFINISHED
glottocode teri1252
glottologName Terik NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Terek
Terik-Kalenjin NERFINISHED
Tirik
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasDomain home and community domains
hasISO639-3Code tec
hasLinguisticFeature tone
vowel harmony
hasNumberOfSpeakersStatus small speaker population
hasPhonologicalFeature geminate consonants
long and short vowel contrast
isEndangered true
isInfluencedBy Kipsigis language NERFINISHED
Nandi language NERFINISHED
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Kipsigis language NERFINISHED
Nandi language NERFINISHED
isSpokenAlong border between Nandi and Kipsigis areas
isSubjectOf studies in Southern Nilotic comparative linguistics
isUsedLessBy younger Terik generations
languageFamily Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
languageShiftTowards Kipsigis language
Nandi language NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguageOf Kipsigis language NERFINISHED
Nandi language NERFINISHED
partOf Kalenjin languages NERFINISHED
region Rift Valley region of Kenya NERFINISHED
spokenBy Terik people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Kenya NERFINISHED
western Kenya
subfamily Southern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
UNESCOStatus vulnerable or endangered language
usedFor daily communication within Terik communities
usedIn traditional oral literature of the Terik people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kipsigis relatedTo Terik language
Marakwet closelyRelatedTo Terik language
Kalenjin languages hasMember Terik language