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Oropom
Native toKenya, Uganda
EthnicityOropom people
Extinctc. 1950
Language family
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolog(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)
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Oropom (Oworopom, Oyoropom, Oropoi) is an African language, possibly spurious and, if real, almost certainly extinct. The language was purportedly once spoken by the Oropom people in northeastern Uganda and northwestern Kenya between the Turkwel River, the Chemorongit Mountains, and Mount Elgon.

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Oropom language

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Oropom (Oworopom, Oyoropom, Oropoi) is an African language, possibly spurious and, if real, almost certainly extinct. The language was purportedly once...

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Oropom people

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formerly spoke the unclassified Oropom language. The first indication of the past existence of a people known as Oropom was through fieldwork done by J...

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Oropom

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Oropom may refer to: the Oropom people the Oropom language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oropom. If an internal link...

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Languages of Africa

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Kujarge (evidently Chadic), Lufu (Jukunoid), Meroitic (possibly Afroasiatic), Oropom (possibly spurious) and Weyto (evidently Cushitic). Several of these are...

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Unclassified language

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(Senegal) Laal (Chad) Ongota (Ethiopia) Shabo (Ethiopia) Omaio (Tanzania) Oropom (Uganda) (extinct, if it existed) Imeraguen (Mauritania) Nemadi (Mauritania)...

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Ateker peoples

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appear to have displaced some Oropom whose territory then stretched into these areas, however traditions suggest that the Oropom were at this time numerically...

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Maliri people

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disturbed Oropom who were settled around Baringo, causing a break-up of that group which led to migrations in various directions; Turkwell, some Oropom moved...

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Kalenjin people

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The Suk – Their Language and Folklore. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. p. 2. Wilson, J.G. (1970). "Preliminary Observation on the Oropom People of Karamoja...

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Hadza language

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syllables) that they are most likely coincidental. A few words link it with Oropom, which may itself be spurious; the numerals itchâme /it͡ʃʰaame/ "one" and...

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First Mutai

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(1911). The Suk; their language and folklore. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. p. 4. Wilson, J.G., Preliminary Observation On The Oropom People Of Karamoja,...

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Spurious languages

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and Ok languages of New Guinea. Dubious languages are those whose existence is uncertain. They include: Oropom (Uganda) Nemadi (Mauritania) Rer Bare (Ethiopia)...

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History of the Kalenjin people

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The Suk - Their Language and Folklore. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. p. 2. Wilson, J.G. (1970). "Preliminary Observation On The Oropom People Of Karamoja...

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Lumbwa Treaty

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similar oral tradition for a group of communities that were referred to as Oropom, Jenqwel, Sirikwa, Sengwer, Sikker among others. These descriptions can...

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Kipsigis people

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Kalenjin tribes such as Cherang'any people; while Sebei interacted with Oropom thus possibly creating a seedbed in Mount Elgon highlands for a proto Nandi-Kipsigis...

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Chemwal people

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The Suk - Their Language and Folklore. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1911 p.2 online Wilson, J.G., Preliminary Observation On The Oropom People Of Karamoja...

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Sirikwa culture

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people Loikop people Chok people Sengwer people Maliri people Lumbwa people Oropom people Yaaku people Lane, Paul J. (4 July 2013). Mitchell, Peter; Lane,...

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Siger people

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'cowrie shells'." To the north and west, the Siger were bordered by the Oropom and the Ateker communities, the reformation of some of these into Turkana...

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Sengwer people

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the forelock of Sengwer women, a hairstyle that was also common to the Oropom who neighbored them to the west and north-west. This dangling cowrie shell...

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List of religions and spiritual traditions

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religion Nuer religion Nyongo Society Bakossi beliefs Odinala / Odinani Oropom religion Safwa religion Samburu religion San religion Serer religion Sidama...

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