Teso–Turkana group

E867507

The Teso–Turkana group is a cluster of closely related Eastern Nilotic ethnic groups and languages found primarily in parts of Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Teso–Turkana cluster 1
Toposa-Turkana 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic group
ethnolinguistic group
associatedWith agro-pastoralism
pastoralism
borderCrossingDistribution Kenya–South Sudan borderlands
South Sudan–Ethiopia borderlands
Uganda–Kenya borderlands
ethnicGroupsLocatedIn East Africa NERFINISHED
ethnologueClassification Teso–Turkana NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Teso–Turkana cluster NERFINISHED
Teso–Turkana languages NERFINISHED
Teso–Turkana peoples NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature mutual lexical similarity among member languages
tonal languages
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO/SVO variations)
hasPart Dodoth language NERFINISHED
Dodoth people NERFINISHED
Iteso people NERFINISHED
Jie language (Uganda)
Jie people (Uganda) NERFINISHED
Karamojong language
Karamojong people NERFINISHED
Nyangatom language NERFINISHED
Nyangatom people NERFINISHED
Teso language NERFINISHED
Teso people NERFINISHED
Toposa language NERFINISHED
Toposa people NERFINISHED
Turkana language NERFINISHED
Turkana people NERFINISHED
historicalMigrationRegion Karamoja cluster region NERFINISHED
languageFamily Eastern Nilotic branch of Nilotic
linguisticBranchOf Eastern Nilotic NERFINISHED
memberOf Eastern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
partOf Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED
sharesAncestryWith Ateker peoples NERFINISHED
sharesCulturalFeaturesWith Ateker cluster NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Kenya NERFINISHED
South Sudan NERFINISHED
Uganda NERFINISHED
subclassOf Eastern Nilotes NERFINISHED
Nilotic peoples NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

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

Ateso belongsTo Teso–Turkana group
Toposa language alternativeName Teso–Turkana group
this entity surface form: Toposa-Turkana
Eastern Nilotic languages hasMemberLanguage Teso–Turkana group
this entity surface form: Teso–Turkana cluster