Ik is a Kuliak language spoken in Karamoja in the Northern region of Uganda by about 14,000 people. Traditionally it is spoken in the parishes of Kapalu, Timu, Kamion, Lokwakaramoe and Morungole in the Kamion Subcounty of the Kaabong District of Karamoja. There are also speakers of Ik in the Masindi District in the Western Uganda region, in parts of northwestern Kenya, and in the village of New Site in Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan. Ik is spoken by people of all ages, and many children speak only Ik until they go to school. Older Ik people may also speak other languages such as Karimojong, Swahili, Turkana or English.
Ik is also known as Icetot, Icietot, Ngulak, Teuso or Teuth. Ik speakers call their language Icétôd / Icé-tód [ītʃétôd̻], which means ‘Ik-speech’ or "‘Ik-talk’. It is related to Soo and Nyang'i, which are spoken in the same area, and which are considered moribund as only a few elderly people still speak them. These three languages are collectively known as Kuliak, and are possibly a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
Ways to write Ik with the Latin alphabet include a Popular Orthography and a Linguistic Orthography. The latter is shown below.
Download an alphabet chart for Ik (Excel)
Na kónító ódoue baratsoó, ipuo taƙáíkaka,na bɛ́ɗɨdɔɔ bɛrɛ́sá hoe, kawete titíríka, kɛɗɨtín, ńda sim, iréɲuƙoiduo bácíka, úgiduo ripitín, otídukóé titírika.
If you want to build a house, cut poles, reeds and fiber, clear away the area, dig holes, and put the poles into them.
Source: The Ik language: Dictionary and grammar sketch, by Terrill B. Schrock. 2007.
Information about Ik | Numbers
Information about Ik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_(langue)
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ikkk1242
https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/98
https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4298
https://comparalex.org/
https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/30201
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
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