Yaaku

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A language of Kenya

ISO 639-3
muu
Alternate Names
Mogogodo, Mukogodo, Mukoquodo, Siegu, Yaakua, Yiaku, Yiakunte, “Ndorobo” (pej.), “Ntorobo” (pej.)
User Population

10 (2016 BBC). Ethnic population: 4,000 (2016 BBC).

Location

Isiolo and Laikipia counties: Mukogodo forest west of Doldol, foothills north of Mount Kenya; Samburu and Turkana counties: Lake Turkana south tip.

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Yaaku
Language Use

Most ethnic Yaaku speak Maasai [mas] as L1. Positive attitudes. Shifted to Maasai [mas].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yaaku
Other Comments

“Ndorobo” is a pejorative cover term for several hunter or forest groups that are not linguistically related (El Molo [elo], Yaaku [muu], Okiek [oki], Omotik [omt]). Christian.