Alternate Names: Pakot, Pökot, Suk
Dialects: East Pokot, West Pokot. A member of macrolanguage Kalenjin ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 633,000 in Kenya (2009 census), increasing. Population total all countries: 703,400.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, social gatherings. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng] for education and communication with outsiders. Also use Kiswahili [swh] for education and communication with outsiders. Used as L2 by Turkana [tuv].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Efforts underway to develop functional literacy in Pökoot for all ages. Poetry. Radio programs. Bible: 2009.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Kenya
Other Comments: Seminomadic. Traditional religion, Christian.