Ik

IKX

vigorous

Alternate Names: Icetod, Icietot, Ng’ateus, Ng’ateuso, Ngulak, Teus, Teuso, Teuth

Dialects: None known. Very different from other Eastern Sudanic languages.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Kuliak
Ik

Demographics: 7,500 (2011 SIL), increasing. Ethnic population: 10,000.

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Very positive attitudes. Also use English [eng], Ng’akarimojong [kdj], Swahili [swh], Turkana [tuv].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Very low. Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Films. Dictionary.

Typology: VSO; ejectives and implosives, Advanced Tongue Root, vowel harmony, voiceless vowels, 8 morphological cases, non-final and final forms for all stems and morphemes, lexical tone.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Uganda

Other Comments: Christian (Roman Catholic), Christian (Protestant), traditional religion.