Pökoot

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Pökoot is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Pokot people in Kenya and Uganda.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pekot 1
Pökoot canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language
language
country Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED
Republic of Uganda NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Pokoot NERFINISHED
Pokot NERFINISHED
Pökoot language NERFINISHED
Pökot
hasBibleTranslation partial
hasEthnicPopulation Pokot people NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode poko1261
hasISO6393Code pko
hasLanguageDevelopment literacy materials in community projects
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other Kalenjin-related Southern Nilotic languages
hasLinguisticFeature rich noun morphology
tone language
verb aspect marking
vowel harmony
hasNeighborLanguage Karimojong NERFINISHED
Marakwet NERFINISHED
Sabaot NERFINISHED
Tugen NERFINISHED
Turkana NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length (gemination)
contrastive vowel length
hasStandardForm no fully standardized orthography
hasSyntacticFeature basic word order SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isPartOf Southern Nilotic branch
isRecognizedAs minority language in Kenya
minority language in Uganda
isSpokenNear Kalenjin languages area
Turkana language area
isTaughtIn some primary schools in Pokot areas
isUsedFor cultural practices
daily communication among Pokot people
oral tradition
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED
Nilotic
region Karamoja region of Uganda NERFINISHED
Rift Valley region of Kenya NERFINISHED
spokenBy Pokot people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Kenya NERFINISHED
Uganda NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Southern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

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

Pokot hasAlternativeName Pökoot
Pokot hasAlternativeName Pökoot
this entity surface form: Pekot