ISO 639-3 · pkopko
Nilo-Saharan family
Pökoot
Pökoot is a language of the Southern Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in western Kenya and eastern Uganda by the Pokot people.”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pko- Glottocode
poko1263- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pökoot |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pökoot language, Pokot, Päkot, Pökot, Suk |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Pökoot
The branches above Pökoot, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Kenya
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous