Ik
Ik is a Kuliak language spoken in Kenya and Uganda. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Ik (also known as Icetot, Icietot, Ngulak or (derogatory) Teuso, Teuth) is one of the Kuliak languages of northeastern Uganda. The Kuliak languages form their own branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. With the other two Kuliak languages being moribund, Ik may soon be the sole remaining language of its family.
A comprehensive dictionary and grammar of Ik has been published in Schrock (2017).
From Wikipedia · Ik language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Ik
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | am* | |
| name | ed* | |
| eye | ekw* | |
| ear | bos* | |
| nose | akat* | |
| tooth | kwa* | |
| tongue | nakaf* | |
| hand | kwEt* | |
| blood | se* | |
| bone | ok* | |
| skin | oine* | |
| knee | kutuN* | |
| breast | idw* | |
| liver | sakam* | |
| water | cue | |
| fire | cad* | |
| sun | fet* | |
| star | doLEat* | |
| stone | gwas* | |
| mountain | kwar* | |
| tree | 5abata* | |
| leaf | kak* | |
| night | muku* | |
| dog | Nok* | |
| fish | nkolia* | |
| louse | can* | |
| one | kon* | |
| two | lebec* | |
| I | nCi* | |
| you | bi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
Grammar
- KipsigisNilotic85% alike
- Dar Daju DajuDajuic84% alike
- AnuakNilotic83% alike
- SooKuliak82% alike
- MajangSurmic82% alike
- Ocotlán ZapotecOtomanguean81% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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