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The Karamojong language (spelled ŋaKarimojoŋ or ŋaKaramojoŋ in Karamojong; Ngakarimojong or N'Karamojong in English) is a
Nilo-Saharan language spoken mainly in the Karamoja subregion of north-eastern Uganda. Ngakarimojong is a Nilotic language
of the Nilo-Saharan language family (Encyclopædia Britannica) spoken by at least 370,000 people in Uganda – the Karamojong
people, or ŋiKarimojoŋ in their language. The name approximates to the old men sat down, dating from a time of migration 300
or more years ago when this group refused to travel further on (to what is now Teso). They are a cattle-keeping people practising
transhumance, which is reflected in the language as are their traditional religious beliefs. Settled cultivation is relatively
recent and thus words associated with this are usually borrowed from neighbouring languages or from languages introduced by,
or as a result of, colonialism – English, Luganda, Swahili. Modern technical words come from these latter also. Closely related
languages and dialects are spoken by many more peoples, including the Jie, Dodoth, Teso (in Uganda), Turkana, Tesyo (in Kenya),
Jiye, Toposa in South Sudan (?), and also by at least one tribe in Ethiopia, the Nyangatom. Jie and Dodoth (Dodos) are counted
as dialects by Ethnologue 16, but as separate languages by Blench (2012). These peoples are part of the Karamojong cluster
of Nilotic tribes, which is also called the Teso cluster. |
Names (more)[br] Karimodjongeg[en] Karamojong language [fr] Karimojong [sw] Kikaramojong |
Language type : Living
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