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The Karamojong live in the southern part of the region in the north-east of Uganda, occupying an area equivalent to one tenth of the country.According to anthropologists, the Karamojong are part of a group that migrated from present-day Ethiopia around 1600 A.D. and split into two branches, with one branch moving to present day Kenya to form the Kalenjin group and Maasai cluster. [6]
The Karamojong language (spelled ŋaKarimojoŋ or ŋaKaramojoŋ in Karamojong; Ngakarimojong or N'Karamojong in English) is a Nilotic language spoken by the Karamojong people in Northeast Uganda. Ngakarimojong is a Nilotic language of the Nilo-Saharan language family (Encyclopædia Britannica) spoken by at least 370,000 people in Uganda – the ...
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Pokot Settlement in Eastern Karamoja in Uganda Karamojong shepherd Children gathered outside a traditional thatched-roof house in Karamoja region while gazing at the flying drone in the clear sky. The annual Karamojong cultural festival . Districts of Karamoja Location in Uganda. The Karamoja sub-region, commonly known as Karamoja, is a region ...
They belong to the Karamojong Cluster, which also includes the Karamojong and Dodoth people. [2] Their country in northeast Uganda lies between the Dodoth to the north and the Karamojong to the south. [3] [4] [5] The Jie people were estimated to number about 50,000 as of 1986. Their language is a dialect of the Karamojong language. [6]
Nilotic languages include Karamojong of eastern Uganda (population 370,000), the Kakwa language in the extreme northwestern corner (about 150,000 population) and Teso south of Lake Kyoga (3.2 million 9.6% of Uganda's population).
The Dodoth (or Dodos) are an ethnic group in north eastern Uganda.They belong to the Karamojong Cluster, which also includes the Karamojong and Jie people. [3] Their language is a dialect of the Karamojong language. [4]
Nyang'i (Nyangia) is the nearly extinct Kuliak language of the Nyangea hunter-gatherers of northeastern Uganda.The 15,000 Nyangia have shifted to speaking Karamojong.. The name is variously spelled Gyangiya, Ngangea, Ngiangeya, Nuangeya, Nyangeya, Nyangiya, Nyuangia, and is also known as Poren (Ngapore, Niporen, Nipori, Upale).