Pökoot language

Spoken in

  • Nilo-Saharan languages Ostsudanische languages Nilotic languages Südnilotische languages Kalenjin Pökoot

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Ssa

Pko

Pökoot (also Pokot, Päkot, Pökot and - in older literature - Suk ) is a western Kenya ( West Pokot and Baringo District) and in eastern Uganda ( Karamoja district ) of the ethnicity of the Pokot spoken südnilotische Kalenjin language.

1994 estimated the SIL, the number of speakers at 264,000, while in the only slightly younger estimate assumes 150,000 speakers ( Schladt 1997) - presumably based on Rottland (1982 ), who estimated the number of speakers to little more than 115,000.

Around the area of ​​distribution of Pökoot following languages ​​are spoken: the north ostnilotische language Ngakaramojong, northeast of the ostnilotische language Turkana, east of the Eastern Nilotic languages ​​Maa (including Chamus ) and the south südnilotischen Kalenjin languages ​​virtues and Markweta that are significantly influenced by Pökoot.

Language family Eastern Sudanic languages Kalenjin people Ethnic group Karamojong people Turkana language Tugen people
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