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Native Speakers Worldwide

~16,000

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Ik Language Assessment Report: Kaabong District Uganda
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

~16,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

Some

More about speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Karamajong, English, Kiswahili

Domains of other languages

School, Church

More on context

"All interviews showed that the Ik are very proud of their language; they expressed a positive attitude towards their mother tongue"

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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No data

Coordinates

3.5024,34.1894

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

10,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

10,000, increasing. Ethnic population: 10,000

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Uganda;

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Location description

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Government support

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Native Speakers Worldwide

4,000

Domains of Use

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"Many figures are provided beginning with Turnbull (1967:64) 1,300 people. The Red Cross reported 2,696 people living in the 'Kamion/Teuso Parish' in 1982. Heine also reports more than 3,000 in 1983."

Year of info

1999

Location and Context

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Location description

"They inhabit roughly fifteen villages in north-eastern Uganda, strung along the escarpment between Timu Forest in the south and Kidepo National Park in the North."

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"They inhabit roughly fifteen villages in north-eastern Uganda, strung along the escarpment between Timu Forest in the south and Kidepo National Park in the North."

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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No data

Coordinates

3.75,34.1666666667

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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  2. The dative in Ik and Kanuri
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