Region Uganda Native speakers 7,500 (2011) Glottolog ikkk1242 | Ethnicity Ik people ISO 639-3 ikx | |
Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Kuliak
Ik | ||
The Ik language, also known as Icetot, Icietot, Ngulak, or (derogatory) Teuso, Teuth, is one of the Kuliak languages of northeastern Uganda. The Ik people have a positive attitude toward their language, which is increasing; with Tepes being moribund, Ik may soon be the sole remaining language of its family. Terrill Schrock has recently written a doctoral dissertation which supports this idea, titled A grammar of Ik (Icetod) Northeast Uganda’s last thriving Kuliak language. Ik is noted by UNESCO as "severely endangered".
Ik is supported in Unicode starting with version 8.0.0.
References
Ik language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA