Teso–Turkana languages

{{Infobox language family

|name=Teso–Turkana

|altname=Ateker

|region=southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, northwestern Kenya, southwestern Ethiopia

|familycolor=Nilo-Saharan

|fam2=Eastern Sudanic?

|fam3=Southern Eastern

|fam4=Nilotic

|fam5=Eastern

|fam6=Ateker–Lotuko–Maa

|child1=Teso

|child2=Turkanic{{Indent|3}}Karimojong{{Indent|3}}Nyangatom{{Indent|3}}Toposa{{Indent|3}}Turkana

|glotto=teso1248

|glottorefname=Teso–Turkana

}}

The Teso–Turkana (or Ateker) languages are a group of closely related Eastern Nilotic languages spoken in southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, northwestern Kenya, and southwestern Ethiopia. In effect they form a dialect cluster consisting of c.2 million people. According to Gerrit Dimmendaal, most of these languages – Karimojong, Jie, Toposa, Turkana, and Nyangatom – are mutually intelligible, and for the most part differ only in regard to tone.Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. (1983) The Turkana language. Dordrecht: Foris. {{ISBN|90-70176-83-1}} Teso belongs to the same broad group but is not described as being as closely related to Turkana as the others.

The languages are:

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• Teso–Turkana
• Teso (Ateso)
• Turkanic
• Turkana
• Karimojong (incl. Jie, Dodoth)
• Toposa (incl. Jiye)
• Nyangatom

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