Nyangatom | Ethnologue

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639: nnj
Alternate Names: Dongiro, Donyiro, Idongiro, Inyangatom
Autonym: Nga-Nyangatom
Population: 24,300 (2007 census). Ethnic population: 25,200 (2007 census).
Location:: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: south Omo zone, Omo and Kibish rivers area.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Nilotic, Eastern, Lotuxo-Teso, Teso-Turkana, Turkana
Dialects: 90%–95% intelligibility of Turkana [tuv], 85%–90% of Toposa [toq], 78%–80% of Jiye dialect of Toposa [toq], 75% of Karamojong [kdj], 65%–70% of Ugandan Teso [teo], 55%–60% of Kenyan Ateso [teo]. Part of the cluster of 12 Teso-Turkana languages.
Typology: VSO, but word order is variable depending on discourse context; gender on nouns; highly inflectional, grammatical tone (tense, case); vowel harmony; voiceless vowels.
Language Use: Vigorous. Majority of Nyangatom monolingual. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Karo [kxh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5% in Amharic [amh].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Nyangatom
Writing: Latin script [Latn], used since 2016.
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.

Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: south Omo zone, Omo and Kibish rivers area.