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Teso language

NameTeso
NativenameAteso
FamilycolorNilo-Saharan
StatesKenya
Uganda
RegionNorthwest Kenya, west of Lake Turkana
Speakers1,278,537. (1991)
Fam2Eastern Sudanic
Fam3Eastern Nilotic
Fam4Lotuxo � Teso
Fam5Teso � Turkana
Iso3teo

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Ateso (from Teso) is a Nilo-Saharan language, spoken by the Iteso people of Uganda and Kenya. It is one of the Teso � Turkana cluster of languages.

According to the 2002 Uganda population and housing census, over 1.57 million people (6.7% of the total Uganda population) in Uganda spoke Ateso. Also an estimated 279,000 people in Kenya speak it. Its SIL code is TEO.

The Ateso language comes from an area called Teso.


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