Ateso language

Ateso language

language
name=Ateso
nativename=Teso
familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
states=Kenya and Uganda
region=Northwest Kenya, west of Lake Turkana
speakers=1,278,537. (1991)
fam2=Eastern Sudanic
fam3=Eastern Nilotic
fam4=Lotuxo-Teso
fam5=Teso-Turkana
iso2=ssa|iso3=teo

Ateso (also known as Iteso or Teso) is a Nilo-Saharan language, spoken by the Iteso ethnic group in Uganda and Kenya. It is one of the Teso-Turkana cluster of languages.

As of the 1991 census around 999,537 people in Uganda spoke Ateso. An estimated 279,000 people in Kenya also speak it. Its SIL code is TEO [ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=teo Accessed 2007/07/09 ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=teo Ethnologue entry]
* [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/TesoTurkana PanAfriL10n page on Teso & Turkana]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/raphboku/Ainyamatap.htm Some basic words and phrases in Ateso Language]


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