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Kuliak
Rub
Geographic
distribution
Karamoja region, northeastern Uganda
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Kuliak
Proto-languageProto-Kuliak
Subdivisions
  • Ik
  • Nyang'i–Soo
Glottologkuli1252

The Kuliak languages, also called the Rub languages,[1] are a group of languages spoken by small relict communities in the mountainous Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda.

Nyang'i and Soo are moribund, with a handful of elderly speakers. However, Ik is vigorous and growing.

Word order in Kuliak languages is verb-initial.[2]

  1. ^ Ehret, Christopher (2001) A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte 12), Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, ISBN 3896450980.
  2. ^ Beer, Sam, Amber McKinney, Lokiru Kosma 2009. The So Language: A Grammar Sketch. m.s.

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