Endangered Languages Project - Soo

Soo

^{[aka So, Tepeth, Tepes]}

Classification: Kuliak

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		So, Tepeth, Tepes
CLASSIFICATION		Kuliak
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		teu
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~5,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Most Soo speakers are over fifty."

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Younger people speak the Nilotic (Nilo-Saharan) language Karimojong as a primary language; in the Kadam area the Nilotic language Päkoot plays an important role."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2000-5000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "All of the So speakers have Karimojong at least as a second language."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
21,534
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data is from Ladefoged, Glick and Criper(1972). Ethnic population data is from a 2002 census.

PLACES: Uganda;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East, Moroto District, Moroto, Napak, and Kadam mountains border."

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press